{"product_id":"hail-the-invisible-watchman-paperback","title":"Hail, the Invisible Watchman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA CBC Best Poetry Book of 2022\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eHail, The Invisible Watchman\u003c\/em\u003e is haunted poetry--Oliver's formal schemes are as tidy as a picket-fence and as suggestive; behind the charm of rhyme is a vibrant, dark exploration of domestic and social alienation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eHail, the Invisible Watchman\u003c\/em\u003e are as tidy as a picket-fence--and as suggestive. Behind the charms of iambs lurks a dark exploration of domestic and social alienation. Metered rhyme sets the tone like a chilling piano score as insidiousness creeps into the neighbourhood. A spectral narrator surveils social gatherings in the town of Sherbet Lake; community members chime in, each revealing their various troubles and hypocrisies; an eerie reimagining of an Ethel Wilson novel follows a young woman into a taboo friendship with an enigmatic divorcée. In taut poetic structures across three succinct sections, Alexandra Oliver's conflation of the mundane and the phantasmagoric produces a scintillating portrait of the suburban uncanny.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Vancouver, BC. She is the author of three collections published through Biblioasis: \u003cem\u003e Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway\u003c\/em\u003e (2013; recipient of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award), \u003cem\u003eLet the Empire Down\u003c\/em\u003e ( 2016), and \u003cem\u003eHail, the Invisible Watchman\u003c\/em\u003e (2022). Her libretto for \u003cem\u003eFrom the Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King\u003c\/em\u003e, conceived in conjunction with composer Scott Wilson at the University of Birmingham, was performed by Continuum Music in Toronto in December, 2017. Oliver is a past co-editor of \u003cem\u003eMeasure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters\u003c\/em\u003e (Everyman's Library\/Random House, 2015) as well as of the formalist journal \u003cem\u003eThe Rotary Dial\u003c\/em\u003e. She has performed her work for CBC Radio and NPR, as well as at The National Poetry Slam and numerous festivals and conferences. Oliver holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast program and a Ph.D. in English and Cultural Studies from McMaster University. She lives in Burlington, Ontario with her husband and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698625056831,"sku":"9781771964715","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a034f0c42a5f2c82d156124c3bd50e47.webp?v=1765010815","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/hail-the-invisible-watchman-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}