{"product_id":"the-world-after-rain-annes-poem-9781593768195","title":"The World After Rain: Anne's Poem","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Carol Shields Prize winner for her collection of fictions \u003ci\u003eCode Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, Canisia Lubrin now brings readers a long-form poetic tribute to her mother, praised by Dionne Brand as \"incandescent\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this stunning new poem, Canisia Lubrin's signature epic vision is distilled into a elegy to her mother, along an interwoven and unresolvable axis of astonishment that belongs as much to history as to today. Her lucid attention to what might be the oldest metaphor for grief is drawn from the searing gravity and resonance of the modern poet's decisive, interior, and inexpressible meditation on love, time, and loss in the excesses of life's ambitions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ewoman from fine-print time, disclose to the world: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe forecast of our noontime births outdoors; how I distrust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eevery form of authority, chiefly my own astonishment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethis poisoned wish is why I love, I bow to deserts, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethese claychildren of forests everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI love the rain, this is no secret, I love the solar wind;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ehold their elliptical life in the wasteland of our third mouths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhere flowers are invisible and bones are sanded and amusing, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand every heliopause cloud senses our head, how we astonish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eour memories vining where no shade is enough, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003esince many who'll feed me will refuse me their names, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand good, who knows what bargains I would make\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewith their meanings . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Canisia Lubrin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593768195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCANISIA LUBRIN\u003c\/b\u003e's books include \u003ci\u003eVoodoo Hypothesis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dyzgraphxst\u003c\/i\u003e. Lubrin's work has been recognized with the Griffin Poetry Prize, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the OCM Bocas Prize for Poetry, the Derek Walcott Prize, the Writer's Trust of Canada Rising Stars prize, and others. Also a finalist for the Trillium Award for Poetry and Governor General's Literary Award, Lubrin has held fellowships at the Banff Centre, Civitella Ranieri in Italy, Simon Fraser University, Literature Colloquium Berlin, Queen's University, and Victoria College at University of Toronto. She studied at York University and the University of Guelph, where she now coordinates the Creative Writing MFA in the School of English \u0026amp; Theatre Studies. In 2021, Lubrin received a Windham-Campbell prize for poetry, and the \u003ci\u003eGlobe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e named her Poet of the Year. Born in St. Lucia, Lubrin now lives in Whitby, Ontario, and is poetry editor at McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Canisia Lubrin \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47659163582621,"sku":"9781593768195","price":29.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0fffd79f-f246-4c8e-adb2-9572555c82b8.jpg?v=1771352007","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-world-after-rain-annes-poem-9781593768195","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}