{"title":"Brandan Griffin","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrandan Griffin's works delve into the nuances of contemporary arts and culture, offering readers insightful explorations that challenge conventional perspectives. With a keen eye for creativity and social commentary, his writing often blurs boundaries between the pastoral and the urban, inviting reflection on identity and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect literary craftsmanship that melds poetic sensibility with cultural critique, making each book a thought-provoking journey through modern artistic expression. Griffin's unique voice contributes richly to conversations around art’s role in shaping and reflecting society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"impastoral-by-brandan-griffin-9781632431028","title":"Impastoral","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoems that blur the boundaries of language and species, inviting us to imagine a new world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe expansive reworking of language in \u003ci\u003eImpastoral\u003c\/i\u003e flies through the possible voices of outsides and insides—slug, probe, horse carriage, sewer, potted plant, lab rat, vampire, bot fly, giant cow. Language, in Brandan Griffin’s poetry, is neither human nor nonhuman, and it undoes that very idea of these distinctions, so beings—slugprobe, pottedhorsesewer, telepathybarcode, mammaltexts—morph and change in between boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach of these poems is an organism, a collection of living connections, looped interiorities strung together in worlds tunnelling through worlds. The poems’ composition becomes a decomposition of budding, breeding, and fluctuating. Reading this collection is an experience of becoming deformed and merged into the experiences of other beings; you are sea vent, microprocessor, cell gel, bug, a greenly translucent leaf typed half a sound at a time. Griffin invites us to imagine all possible beings and to hatch into a fresh world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImpastoral\u003c\/i\u003e won the Omnidawn Open Book contest, selected by Brian Teare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430968672492,"sku":"9781632431028","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781632431028.jpg?v=1774558157"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/brandan-griffin.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}