{"product_id":"decomp-paperback","title":"Decomp - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Collis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJordan Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoets Stephen Collis and Jordan Scott left copies of Charles Darwin's \u003ci\u003eOn the Origin of Species \u003c\/i\u003e to decay in five distinct ecosystems in British Columbia. A year later, they photographed what remained, reading poetry into nature's rewriting process and documenting the gorgeous detritus in \u003ci\u003eDecomp\u003c\/i\u003e, a long poem in prose and color photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarwin is an eye amidst graphed genera seeing the web it is woven thereof. A matted scrap of printed material, shit, soil and leaf rot--all dried, bleached and curled up at small edges.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Collis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books of poetry and a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eDispatches from the Occupation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJordan Scott\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSilt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlert\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores the poetics of stuttering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Collis is an award-winning poet, activist and professor of contemporary literature at Simon Fraser University. His poetry books include \u003ci\u003eAnarchive, The Commons, On the Material\u003c\/i\u003e (awarded the BC Book Prize for Poetry) and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eTo the Barricades\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Vancouver, BC. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJordan Scott is the author of \u003ci\u003eSilt\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and \u003ci\u003eBlert\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eBlert\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a short film for Bravo! and was the subject of an online interactive documentary commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada. Both authors live in Vancouver, BC.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 5.76 x 8.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701382287423,"sku":"9781552452820","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/52f3ca02d60ce7817757c78cb2a12ed4.webp?v=1765020436","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/decomp-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}