{"product_id":"down-to-earth-9","title":"Down to Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Wilkinson’s \u003cem\u003eDown to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is his darkest work to date: a disturbing road poem of the American mid-West, an epic of migration, an examination of now-ubiquitous borders, and a meteorological tour of our growing energy crises. Global and internal flows of capital, consumer products, waste, labour and body parts all shape its contorted map of the 21st century. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eNarrative poems echoing traditional forms, are intercut with damaged and damaging lyrics; these various styles have their analogues in the sculpture several passages praise and deprecate. In addition, \u003cem\u003eDown to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e incorporates an extended homage to Artemis of Ephasus. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eWilkinson’s book forms one single thematically-interrelated poem, and although its materials are bleak, the book’s caesura-driven prosody honours the hopes and courage of the people involved in mass migration and local struggles. Like every book by John Wilkinson,\u003cem\u003e Down to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e knows no limit to poetry’s ambition, dodging every border post, down every highway, like the ocelot running through its narratives, and struggling to create a sheltering place in often pitiless landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54223675949400,"sku":"9781844715527","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781844715527_828671ad-36e9-4a81-98eb-4d6dd0ad63fc.jpg?v=1764914445","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/down-to-earth-9","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}