{"product_id":"soft-power-paperback","title":"Soft Power - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStewart Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWatch out for those who have, seek, and hold onto power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo drink\u003cbr\u003eAs the fanged stoat from the rabbit's nape\u003cbr\u003eAs though from a flagon of river water\u003cbr\u003eShaken with ancestral ash\u003cbr\u003eAs if it isn't knowledge you seek\u003cbr\u003eBut some osmotic soul-food\u003cbr\u003eTo be filled up with blurs\u003cbr\u003eThat might later resolve themselves\u003cbr\u003eInto memories\u003cbr\u003eTo return to where you really live\u003cbr\u003eWith changes in your blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyrical yet shot through with experimental and political veins, the poems in \u003ci\u003eSoft Power\u003c\/i\u003e are engaged with both the here-and-now of a world on the brink and the hope of something better, a planet where \"generations hence \/ Inactivists will bathe under a sun made safe \/ By the collapse of oil-can economics.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraversing badlands, sandhills, prairies, suburbia, Miami, London, Dublin, Paris, and beyond, Cole's voice revels in questions of travel while resonating with the \u003ci\u003eunheimlich\u003c\/i\u003e \"Canadalienation\" of his expatriate existence. Whether bog surfing, gallery hopping, bug hunting, or meditating on the \"strange genre\" of national anthems, the poems in Cole's long-awaited follow-up collection to his critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eQuestions in Bed\u003c\/i\u003e exist in a searching exchange with the world, both entering and being entered by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyrical yet shot through with experimental and political veins, the poems of \u003ci\u003eSoft Power\u003c\/i\u003e exist in searching exchange with the world, both entering and being entered by it, engaged with the here-and-now of a planet where \"generations hence \/ Inactivists will bathe under a sun made safe \/ By the collapse of oil-can economics.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStewart Cole is the author of \u003ci\u003eQuestions in Bed\u003c\/i\u003e, which Salty Ink named as one of the Dozen Best Books of Canadian Poetry from 2012, as well as the chapbooks \u003ci\u003eSirens\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlien Freight\u003c\/i\u003e. He grew up in the Rideau Valley, south of Ottawa, and spent time living and writing in Victoria, Montré al, Fredericton, London, and Toronto before moving to the US Midwest. Cole is now an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, teaching English and creative writing. He may be found at stewart-cole.com. \u003ci\u003eSoft Power\u003c\/i\u003e is his second full-length collection of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48974473429246,"sku":"9781773101088","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/8716\/4670\/files\/wBiDRo3jV49781773101088.webp?v=1789589834","url":"https:\/\/123learningstore.com\/products\/soft-power-paperback","provider":"123 Learning Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}