{"product_id":"loop-isbn-9780771080753","title":"Loop","description":"\u003ci\u003eBy the author of \u003c\/i\u003eLight Falls Through You\u003ci\u003e and the novel \u003c\/i\u003eCanterbury Beach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLoop\u003c\/i\u003e, Anne Simpson explores the power, and the anguish, of many different modes of return – retrieval, revision, the covering of old ground with eyes wider and thoughts reconditioned by difficult wisdom. These poems occur at that place where a focused, compassionate vision comes to inhabit language and to find the forms that will suffice: a Möbius strip poem that loops back on itself; a crown of sonnets that take us back to the shock and grief of the twin towers and find deep resonance with paintings by Brueghel; a set of quick improvisations like the motion studies done for a drawing class. Simpson’s work shows us, again and again, the insight and excitement that come from the practice of a necessary craft in the service of a committed vision.“With its strong lyric voice and simple yet dynamic forms, \u003ci\u003eLoop\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection that draws you, and draws you in.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Simpson’s lines ring lean and mature, and, like the late Bronwen Wallace, are full of people you know and people you don’t, but want to.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e–\u003ci\u003eElm Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eANNE SIMPSON is the author of four books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eIs\u003c\/i\u003e (2011); \u003ci\u003eQuick\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), winner of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award; \u003ci\u003eLoop\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize; and \u003ci\u003eLight Falls Through You\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), winner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Prize and the Atlantic Poetry Prize. She has also written two novels, \u003ci\u003eFalling\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and winner of the Dartmouth Award for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Beach\u003c\/i\u003e (2001). Her book of essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Marram Grass: Poetry and Otherness\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), delves into issues of poetry, art, and empathy. While her home is in Nova Scotia, she has been a writer-in-residence at many universities and libraries across Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NAME, MANY NAMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI knew you\u003cbr\u003elong before I saw you,\u003cbr\u003eone thing inside another\u003cbr\u003emaking itself up.  Lightly,\u003cbr\u003esnow fell, kept falling\u003cbr\u003ethe night you were born —\u003cbr\u003elike those prayers tied\u003cbr\u003eto branches by the Japanese —\u003cbr\u003escissored bits of paper,\u003cbr\u003eeach one a word:\u003cbr\u003ea name, many names, loose\u003cbr\u003ein the dark. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLater you’ll need a name\u003cbr\u003ethat’s door and window, roof\u003cbr\u003eand bed. You’ll need a name to foil\u003cbr\u003ethe thief that comes\u003cbr\u003eto live in your heart. But now\u003cbr\u003eyou need a name so diaphanous\u003cbr\u003eand small\u003cbr\u003eit takes its shape from air.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Simpson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eLight Falls Through You\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and the Atlantic Poetry Prize; \u003ci\u003eLoop\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize; and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eQuick\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of a novel, \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Beach\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where she helped establish the Writing Centre at St. Francis Xavier University.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Word about the Poem by Anne Simpson \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eI wrote “Name, Many Names” after the birth of my first child.  Snow was falling that night; it was a delicate, shimmering thing in the darkness. Visiting hours were over at the hospital, and even my husband had gone home. I was half-asleep, thinking about what it is to name a child, and I realized that I wanted my son to have one name for the world, and another name that was not for the world at all, but something else — a hidden name. ","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302014111973,"sku":"NP9780771080753","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780771080753.jpg?v=1767731739","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/loop-isbn-9780771080753","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}