{"product_id":"unbecoming-paperback-7","title":"Unbecoming - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil Surkan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubtler, subtler, beat our hearts \/ down aisles of cluttered glitz. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnbecoming\u003c\/i\u003e, Neil Surkan's sophomore collection, clings to hope while the world deteriorates, transforms, and grows less hospitable from moment to moment. Interplaying tenderness with dogged perseverance, these poems tumble through vignettes of degraded landscapes, ebbing spiritual communities, faltering men, and precarious friendships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet, in the face of such despair, responsibility and optimism bolster one another - exuberance, amazement, and compassion persist despite the worsening of the wounded Earth. Multifaceted and inventive, this collection of poems vaults from intimation to excoriation, where grief, desire, bewilderment, and protest all crackle and meld. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the world \"appears, exceeds, and un- \/ becomes too quickly for certainty, \/ just enough for love,\" the poems in Unbecoming face the horizon with wary eyes and refuse to turn away.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil Surkan is the author of two other books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eUnbecoming\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn High\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the chapbooks\u003ci\u003e Die Workbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRuin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheir Queer Tenderness\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSuper, Natural\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the poet laureate of Nanaimo, BC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.3 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68418874769629,"sku":"9780228008910","price":32.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/gVacJJ0t7q9780228008910.webp?v=1793782032","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/unbecoming-paperback-7","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}