{"product_id":"9781552453438-feel-happier-in-nine-seconds","title":"Feel Happier in Nine Seconds","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTackling the troubles and hopes of our times, Besner’s verse is a sparkler lit from a bonfire of logic textbooks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI learned the secret of serenity\u003cbr\u003eby waterboarding daffodils.\u003cbr\u003eMy Buddha is landfill.\u003cbr\u003eMy mantra choked\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom a bluebird’s neck.\u003cbr\u003eIt’s ruthless, the pursuit\u003cbr\u003eof happiness. Eighteen\u003cbr\u003eseconds have elapsed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection is a universe where minimalism and maximalism work in harmony. Ethics, economics, glamour and alternative physics are just a few of the vehicles Besner uses in her jaundiced pursuit of knowledge and joy. At the collection’s core is a series of brilliantly illuminated poems patterned on a scientific study of synaesthesia and Fisher Price refrigerator magnets. Besner’s courageous comparisons and musicality provide the critical happiness we all need.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBesner’s imagination doesn’t appear to have an upper or outer limit  Reading her poems is a bad trip and a transformational experience.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Ken Babstock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBesner is one of the funniest poets writing in this country.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e National Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda Besner\u003c\/b\u003e's first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Id Kid\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2011 by Véhicule Press and named as one of the \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Poetry Books of the Year. She is the former poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eHazlitt\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55788239126902,"sku":"9781552453438","price":14.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27891648.jpg?v=1750128800","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781552453438-feel-happier-in-nine-seconds","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}