{"product_id":"a-winter-triangle-paperback-softback-9781531511708","title":"A Winter Triangle (Paperback \/ softback) 9781531511708","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Winter Triangle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarcella Durand (Author), Srikanth Reddy (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781531511708\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e96 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.136 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Winter Triangle \u003c\/i\u003eis a self-portrait as human asterism. Arriving at this wondrous book’s unfinished final sentence, we come to see what one can be.\" - Srikanth Reddy, from the Foreword\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023–24 Poetic Justice Institute Prize, Selected by Srikanth Reddy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetic exploration that reimagines form and language through celestial patterns \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInformed by mystery, chaos, order and writing as container, \u003ci\u003eA Winter Triangle \u003c\/i\u003eexplores poetic space and form amid the infinite possibilities of composition and change. Composed of three parts, or \"points,\" like its namesake asterism, this collection is inspired by Stéphane Mallarmé’s idea of composing poetry from the \"senseless splendor\" of the skies, as well as the designs for automata by twelfth-century inventor and engineer Ismail al-Jazari, and mythological depictions of Sirius, the dog\/wolf star, as both a keeper of order and the agent of chaos and energy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInventing a new poetic form, the \u003ci\u003eseptentrional, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich trembles in its own process of becoming throughout the length of the book, Marcella Durand questions the potential of poetry in the face of artificial intelligence, climate change, and political turbulence in which language is often twisted into the opposite of its own meaning. By counting the seven syllables of the septentrional and opening spaces (caesura) within the poetic line to provide breath and rejuvenation amid exhausting world events, these poems resituate poetry as an alternate space in which to reimagine the given forms of constellations and how we imagine order out of seeming chaos. Thus the question is opened as to whether the poet may ever make sense of the \"senseless splendor\" of the skies, or simply convey them as they are through poetry, holding the infinite within the finite, for a time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDurand reads the \"dustlike\" script of the calligraphic galleon, a ship created entirely out of words, as art and struggles to understand the burning dog\/wolf star that stands between law and lawlessness. Is there actual connection between stars in the constellations we have invented? Can we find room for composition within the broken loops of infinity? At the point between old and new, bow and arrow, chaos and order, \u003ci\u003eA Winter Triangle \u003c\/i\u003easks us to face the overwhelm of change - self-inflicted, invented, planetary, and real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, by Srikanth Reddy   ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI. automata of a perpetual flute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBreath runs out   1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003esmile nicely \u003c\/i\u003e  5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe water clock \u003c\/i\u003eI 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe picklock’s frustration \u003c\/i\u003eI 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe etiquette of scribes \u003c\/i\u003eI 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhat noise of circles \u003c\/i\u003eI 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea flower absent from all bouquets \u003c\/i\u003eI 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eII. Septentrional\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ein order to develop a septentrional I 15\u003cbr\u003eN I 16\u003cbr\u003eit has not I 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Without invention nothing is well spaced\" \u003c\/i\u003eI 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eseven not yet \u003c\/i\u003eI 19\u003cbr\u003econstellations, as well as being imaginary I 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eto cut, to cut out \u003c\/i\u003eI 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003erejuvenation \u003c\/i\u003eI 23\u003cbr\u003egive caesuras a chance I 25\u003cbr\u003ethe beginning of the opening I 26\u003cbr\u003ethe map isn’t right I 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeptentrional \u003c\/i\u003eI 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eS E P T \u003c\/i\u003eI 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeavenly Wolf Star \u003c\/i\u003eI 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA heliacal star \u003c\/i\u003eI 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhere the spear points \u003c\/i\u003eI 34\u003cbr\u003eSirius, or the Wolf Star I 35\u003cbr\u003eMath hints I 36\u003cbr\u003ethen we turn to the confines of the ship I 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ecalligraphic galleon \u003c\/i\u003eI 38\u003cbr\u003econstellations are strictly regulated I 39\u003cbr\u003econstellations are regulated I 40\u003cbr\u003einfinity is made finite I 41\u003cbr\u003ein uneven shapes we break I 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ecalligraphic galleon \u003c\/i\u003eI 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe whispers, don’t tell the boss \u003c\/i\u003eI 44\u003cbr\u003eseven sleepers written into the boat I 45\u003cbr\u003ecan form I 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ele septentrion aussi nord \u003c\/i\u003eI 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIII. a winter triangle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003enow is the time I 51\u003cbr\u003ethe winter triangle I 53\u003cbr\u003ethe winter triangle I 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein dustlike script \u003c\/i\u003eI 56\u003cbr\u003etoward you with spaces I 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhat noise of circles \u003c\/i\u003eI 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe huntsman spider \u003c\/i\u003eI 59\u003cbr\u003eScorpius, with its three syllables and red heart I 60\u003cbr\u003eStars that are interesting I 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ecurious to see \u003c\/i\u003eI 62\u003cbr\u003eWhat I do is stand I 63\u003cbr\u003eHow is it possible I 64\u003cbr\u003eshe wanders into I 65\u003cbr\u003ecounting leads to the idea I 66\u003cbr\u003efour for each chamber I 67\u003cbr\u003esilence is X musician I 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein form is some new strangeness \u003c\/i\u003eI 69\u003cbr\u003eN I 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein a septentrional direction \u003c\/i\u003eI 71\u003cbr\u003e\"that\" lies on the stage I 72\u003cbr\u003eif the theatre were open air I 74\u003cbr\u003eif the play, I mean, the universe I 75\u003cbr\u003ewhat sort of order I 76\u003cbr\u003ecast alight – cast I 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethis new form of strange has to be understood \u003c\/i\u003eI 78\u003cbr\u003elook to the cold brilliance of the winter triangle I 79\u003cbr\u003eit is not space that is eternal I 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewar endures, as does poetry \u003c\/i\u003eI 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003eI 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003eI 85\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619269734680,"sku":"9781531511708","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-winter-triangle-paperback-softback-9781531511708","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}