{"product_id":"modern-and-normal-paperback","title":"Modern and Normal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Solie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvade your eye. Try to see as others do\u003cbr\u003e what is desired or refused. What went wrong.\u003cbr\u003e Or right, then wrong. Objectively, what hangs.\u003cbr\u003e Pull yourself together. Years are neither kind\u003cbr\u003e nor cruel. You drag on. The girl is gone.\u003cbr\u003e Consider that it might be time to call in\u003cbr\u003e a professional. Blood is fearless, runs\u003cbr\u003e to meet a touch, indiscriminate, remembering\u003cbr\u003e the first time it fell in love with the world, unaware\u003cbr\u003e that now you are alone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom \"Mirror\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eModern and Normal, \u003c\/i\u003e Karen Solie takes her on-the-road fascination with being between places to a new level, exploring conceptual and perceptual states of in-betweenness - for example, between what is perceived and what is actually there, or between and among the patterns the world repeats from the cell to the structure of the universe - to find points of intersection. Solie finds a middle ground between the discourses of the hard sciences and the intuitive, a realm of weird overlap wherein lie questions of probability, fate, determinism, chance, luck, and faith. She writes about fractals and physics, but also about bar bands, broken hearts, and the trappings of desire. Some splendid landscape poems celebrate nature while mourning the way in which it's often exploited and used. Once again Karen Solie offers readers her lovely dexterity and skill in poems which entertain as they move.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Solie\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Moose Jaw and grew up on the family farm in southwest Saskatchewan. Over the years, she has worked as a farm hand, an espresso jerk, a groundskeeper, a newspaper reporter\/photographer, an academic research assistant, and, presently, an English teacher. Her poetry, fiction, and non-fiction have appeared in numerous North American journals, including \u003ci\u003eThe Fiddlehead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Malahat Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eARC\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOther Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Capilano Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also had her poetry published in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eBreathing Fire\u003c\/i\u003e (Harbour, 1995), \u003ci\u003eHammer and Tongs\u003c\/i\u003e (Smoking Lung, 1999) and \u003ci\u003eIntroductions: Poets Present Poets\u003c\/i\u003e (Fitzhenry \u0026amp; Whiteside, 2001) where her work is presented by Don McKay. One of her short stories is featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Journey Prize Anthology 12\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently lives in Victoria, BC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8.7 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702260437055,"sku":"9781894078474","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/748cb6f6d3e44563bdda5751427d4342.webp?v=1765023765","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/modern-and-normal-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}