{ "item_title" : "J'Accuse...!", "item_author" : [" George Elliott Clarke "], "item_description" : "J'Accuse... is so dynamic, joyous in its language and emotion, and consistently exciting, engrossing.... A page-turner And mysteriously easy to read given the inventiveness, color, and torsion of the poetic language.... A wonderful combination of the sophisticated, the primal, and the available. Great poetry has this sense of generous, human outreach from a very high and deep place. Something that comes down from the mountain yet without condescending.--A.F. Moritz, Guggenheim Award & Griffin Poetry Prize Laureate & Toronto Poet Laureate (2019-23)What is it like to be cancelled, to be shouted down by the virulently self-righteous, and to be permitted no hearing, no defence?In J'Accuse... (Poem Versus Silence), an essay-in-poetry by Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate emeritus, George Elliott Clarke contemplates how terrifyingly easy it was for him to fall victim - in January 2020 - to shrill defamation and scurrilous denunciation, to face anti-social media intimidation - all facilitated by reportage that spurred outrage rather than reflection. The result? Censorship and silencing, blacklisting and gag orders, the specialty of tyrannies, including the newfangled cult of #8220;cancellaires and digilantes.J'Accuse... is a poignant manifesto that calls upon intellectuals and radicals to never submit to impulses that intentionally, or even unintentionally, forbid debate and questioning.J'Accuse... ponders what is truly unspeakable: injustice.J'Accuse... is a cri-de-coeur that unflinchingly reveals the personal cost - borne by all poets who strive to bear witness to Treasure - / despite all opposing Battery.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/55/096/953/1550969536_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "19.95", "online_price" : "19.95", "our_price" : "19.95", "club_price" : "19.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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