Forage Querying the relations between writing and other forms of action, Wong seeks a shift in consciousness through poems that bespeak a range of responses to our world: anger, protest, anxiety, bewilderment, hope and love. In her words, "the ne
| TITLE | : | Forage |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.65 (198 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0889712131 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 88 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2007-12-05 |
| GENRE | : |
Winner of the 2008 Dorothy Livesay Poetry PrizeFinalist for the 2008 Asian American Literary AwardRita Wong's new collection of poems explores how ecological crises relate to the injustices of our international political landscape. Querying the relations between writing and other forms of action, Wong seeks a shift in consciousness through poems that bespeak a range of responses to our world: anger, protest, anxiety, bewilderment, hope and love. In her words, "the next shift may be the biggest one yet, the union of the living, from mosquito to manatee to mom."Forage is accompanied by marginalia, Chinese characters and photos that give depth to the political context in which most of Wong's poems are situated. She is instructive without being pedantic, and thought-provoking while still calling forth humour and beauty.
Editorial : Forage strikes me as a fierce achievement -- a summing up, for the poet so far, of her wisdom and her poetic practice, utilizing two languages and two cultures. It is a formidable fusion.--George Elliott Clarke, The Halifax Chronicle Herald
Forage, recent winner of a BC Book Prize, combines social, political, and economic critique with instances of everyday discomfort and joy Wong's poems always function on multiple levels that expose abuses of power while articulating beauty and employing humour.--Jacqueline Turner, The Georgia Straight
Forage posits the praxis of poetry -- its attention to alliterations and allusions and parallelism and pastiche -- amidst larger global conversations on the cultural, the social, and the environmental. It is a writ-large, fierce commentary on the current and future state of the globe
The only improvement I can think of is that it would have been really great if there was a pronounciation guide to the words. He manages to take an alternate view of things, ask "what if it happened this way?" and proceed from their in a logical and, most importantly, an interesting manner. Nothing I saw there was as heinous as what is revealed in this book. Kudos.). Unfortunately, this created some news around the batallion, almost tarnishing Rich's 14-year career only weeks before his retirement.
The Advocate followed-up the Times piece with a supportive story, identifying Rich by name. There is a clarity and conciseness which I found very appealing. Barnaby has said that there will be six books in this series. I wonder if the area has just been picked over?
Overall, Beckwith did a pretty good job. Within a week I was setting up appointments to meet with Joseph to
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