{"product_id":"robinsons-crossing-9781894078375","title":"Robinson's Crossing","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this book arise from Robinson's Crossing—the place where the railway ends and European settlers arriving in northern Alberta had to cross the Pembina River and advance by wagon or on foot. How have we crossed into this country, with what violence and what blind love? \u003cem\u003eRobinson's Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e enacts the pause at the frontier, where we reflect on the realities of colonial experience, but also on the nature of living here—on historical dwelling itself. In long meditative narratives and shorter probing lyrics, Jan Zwicky shows us-as she has in her celebrated \u003cem\u003eLyric Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e and the Governor General's award-winning \u003cem\u003eSongs for Relinquishing the Earth—\u003c\/em\u003ehow music means and meaning is musical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"My great- \u003cbr\u003egrandmother slept \u003cbr\u003ein a boxcar on the night \u003cbr\u003ebefore she made the crossing. The steel \u003cbr\u003eended in Sangudo then, there was \u003cbr\u003eno trestle on the Pembina, no siding \u003cbr\u003eon the other side. They crossed \u003cbr\u003eby ferry, and went on by cart through bush, \u003cbr\u003ethe same eight miles. Another\u003cbr\u003e family legend has it that she stood there \u003cbr\u003ein the open doorway of the shack \u003cbr\u003eand said, \"You told me, Ernest, \u003cbr\u003eit had windows and a floor.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—from \"Robinson’s Crossing\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jan Zwicky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278403940603,"sku":"9781894078375","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781894078375.jpg?v=1772487898","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/robinsons-crossing-9781894078375","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}