{"product_id":"book-dvwe","title":"Riven","description":" \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, Catherine Owen’s 29-year-old spouse died of a drug addiction. A year later, she relocated to an apartment by the Fraser River in Vancouver, B.C. As she moved beyond the initial shock, the river became her focus: a natural, damaged space that both intensifies emotion and symbolizes healing. In a sequence of aubades, or dawn poems, Owen records the practice of walking by or watching the river every morning, a routine that helps her engage in the tough work of mourning. \u003ci\u003eRiven\u003c\/i\u003e (a word that echoes river and means rift) is an homage to both a man and an ecosystem threatened by the presence of toxins and neglect. Yet, it is also a song to the beauty of nature and memory, concluding in a tribute to Louise Cotnoir’s long poem \u003ci\u003eThe Islands\u003c\/i\u003e with a piece on imagined rivers. While \u003ci\u003eDesignated Mourner\u003c\/i\u003e honors grief, \u003ci\u003eRiven\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on modes of survival and transformation through looking outward, and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECW Press Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49374803198256,"sku":"BDdvwe","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/249324-dvwe-Square.jpg?v=1734813594","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dvwe","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}