{"product_id":"divide-and-rule-paperback-2","title":"Divide and Rule - 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\u003eWalid Bitar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The empire's missing links are found deep in this poet's ever-astonishing states of multiple consciousness--astutely attuned to the pressured, violent, mass conformities forced upon us--brilliantly formed into poems as ambitious and achieved as any written in the English language today.\"--Lawrence Joseph\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn these dramatic monologues, Walid Bitar delivers variations on the theme of power: in politics, in the subjugation and abuse of other cultures, and in our divided selves. Using satire, parody, koan, and riddle, \u003ci\u003eDivide and Rule\u003c\/i\u003e struggles with the mendacity of language and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey have no maps. Ours, I'll redraw.\u003cbr\u003eIsn't itself, their neck of the woods, \u003cbr\u003eneeds a rest--something more than a nap, \u003cbr\u003eand less than death, though death wouldn't hurt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalid Bitar\u003c\/b\u003e's poetry collections include \u003ci\u003e2 Guys on Holy Land\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBastardi Puri\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Empire's Missing Links\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born in Beirut and lives in Toronto, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalid Bitar was born in Beirut in 1961. He immigrated to Canada in 1969. His previous poetry collections are \u003ci\u003eMaps with Moving Parts\u003c\/i\u003e (Brick, 1988), \u003ci\u003e2 Guys on Holy Land\u003c\/i\u003e (Wesleyan University Press, 1993), \u003ci\u003eBastardi Puri\u003c\/i\u003e (The Porcupine's Quill, 2005) and \u003ci\u003eThe Empire's Missing Links\u003c\/i\u003e (Signal Editions\/Vehicule, 2008). He was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 24, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354098778361,"sku":"9781552452547","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OPMEszTOvM9781552452547_c4903385-e39a-46fc-90b8-fd5bc6a71dcb.webp?v=1769829175","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/divide-and-rule-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}