J'Accuse...!: (Poem Versus Silence)

"J'Accuse...! is so dynamic, joyous in its language and emotion, and consistently exciting, engrossing.... A page-turner! And...
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Author: George Elliott Clarke
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J'Accuse...!: (Poem Versus Silence) by Clarke, George Elliott

J'Accuse...!: (Poem Versus Silence)

CHF 26.48

J'Accuse...!: (Poem Versus Silence)

CHF 26.48
Author: George Elliott Clarke
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"J'Accuse...! is so dynamic, joyous in its language and emotion, and consistently exciting, engrossing.... A page-turner! And mysteriously easy to read given the inventiveness, color, and torsion of the poetic language.... A wonderful combination of the sophisticated, the primal, and the available. Great poetry has this sense of generous, human outreach from a very high and deep place. Something that comes down from the mountain yet without condescending."
--A.F. Moritz, Guggenheim Award & Griffin Poetry Prize Laureate & Toronto Poet Laureate (2019-23)

What is it like to be "cancelled," to be shouted down by the virulently self-righteous, and to be permitted no hearing, no defence?

In J'Accuse...! (Poem Versus Silence), an essay-in-poetry by Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate emeritus, George Elliott Clarke contemplates how terrifyingly easy it was for him to fall victim - in January 2020 - to shrill defamation and scurrilous denunciation, to face "anti-social" media intimidation - all facilitated by reportage that spurred outrage rather than reflection. The result? Censorship and silencing, blacklisting and gag orders, the specialty of tyrannies, including the newfangled cult of #8220;cancellaires" and "digilantes."

J'Accuse...! is a poignant manifesto that calls upon intellectuals and radicals to never submit to impulses that intentionally, or even unintentionally, forbid debate and questioning.

J'Accuse...! ponders what is truly unspeakable: injustice.

J'Accuse...! is a cri-de-coeur that unflinchingly reveals the personal cost - borne by all poets who strive to "bear witness to Treasure - / despite all opposing Battery."



Author: George Elliott Clarke
Publisher: Exile Editions
Published: 12/01/2021
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781550969535

About the Author
George Elliott Clarke was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, has served as the fourth Poet Laureate of Toronto (2012-15), the seventh Parliamentary/Canadian Poet Laureate (2016-17), and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. A professor of English at the University of Toronto, Clarke has also taught at Duke and Harvard. He has published over 20 books of poetry, four plays, two novels, and has won numerous awards. He lives in Toronto.

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