{"product_id":"j-accuse-book-emile-zola-9782277302018","title":"J'Accuse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ'Accuse... \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e --A.F. Moritz, Guggenheim Award \u0026amp; Griffin Poetry Prize Laureate \u0026amp; Toronto Poet Laureate (2019-23)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is it like to be cancelled, to be shouted down by the virulently self-righteous, and to be permitted no hearing, no defence?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJ'Accuse...  (Poem \u003c\/i\u003eVersus\u003ci\u003e Silence), \u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ'Accuse...  \u003c\/i\u003eis a poignant manifesto that calls upon intellectuals and radicals to never submit to impulses that intentionally, or even unintentionally, forbid debate and questioning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ'Accuse...  \u003c\/i\u003eponders what is truly unspeakable: injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ'Accuse...  \u003c\/i\u003eis a \u003ci\u003ecri-de-coeur\u003c\/i\u003e that unflinchingly reveals the personal cost - borne by all poets who strive to bear witness to Treasure - \/ despite all opposing Battery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49559603642641,"sku":"GOR005306590","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/2277302015.jpg?v=1750805836","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/j-accuse-book-emile-zola-9782277302018","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}