{"product_id":"heliotropia-paperback","title":"Heliotropia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eManahil Bandukwala\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Where fear collides with the little shield of love.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManahil Bandukwala's second collection of poems is a meditation on love during times of social and political upheaval. As a sunflower's growth reaches toward the sun, so, she suggests, is a lover's growth compelled by the gravitational pull and soul-light of their beloved. Many of these poems are in conversation with other poets and artists, creating a lineage of call and response. Against a backdrop of terrestrial crisis, come, spend your precious minutes in love's \u003ci\u003eHeliotropia, \u003c\/i\u003e where we are magnetized by the unfathomable dark matter of another person, and know ourselves as celestial bodies flowering in spacetime, together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Intergalactic yet deeply earthly, intertextual yet wonderfully original...\"\u003cbr\u003e - Mikko Harvey, author of \u003ci\u003eLet the World Have You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Where fear collides with the little shield of love.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManahil Bandukwala's second collection of poems is a meditation on love during times of social and political upheaval. As a sunflower's growth reaches toward the sun, so, she suggests, is a lover's growth compelled by the gravitational pull and soul-light of their beloved. Many of these poems are in conversation with other poets and artists, creating a lineage of call and response. Against a backdrop of terrestrial crisis, come, spend your precious minutes in love's \u003ci\u003eHeliotropia, \u003c\/i\u003e where we are magnetized by the unfathomable dark matter of another person, and know ourselves as celestial bodies flowering in spacetime, together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Intergalactic yet deeply earthly, intertextual yet wonderfully original...\"\u003cbr\u003e - Mikko Harvey, author of \u003ci\u003eLet the World Have You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eManahil Bandukwala\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and visual artist based in Mississauga and Ottawa, Ontario. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMONUMENT\u003c\/i\u003e (Brick Books, 2022), which was shortlisted for the 2023 Gerald Lampert Award, and was selected as a Writer's Trust of Canada Rising Star in 2023. See her work at manahilbandukwala.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8.51 x 5.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725724684351,"sku":"9781771316347","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cdc647de627572effe32f32afc310371.webp?v=1765107699","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/heliotropia-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}