{"product_id":"tree-of-knowledge","title":"Tree of Knowledge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A poet of precision, intellect and considerable emotional heft'\u003c\/b\u003e ROXANE GAY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Chang's latest collection continues her engagement with visual art [...] creating space for Chang to meditate on language, grief and our relationship to history . . . Evocative'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A poet watches the limbs of a eucalyptus tree get sawed off: the image persists, recurring across poems of art, language, selfhood, memory, and loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joan Mitchell said, \u003ci\u003eWhen I talk about love, I mean loving a tree. When I talk about love, I mean loving where a tree used to be.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMen assess the eucalyptus tree growing on the poet's street; a crane arrives. The sound of a chainsaw rings in the air and branches begin to fall. This tree-cutting haunts the poet, and refracts across the remarkable work collected in \u003ci\u003eTree of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e as Chang turns her thoughts to artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Mitchell and Hilma af Klint.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoving, evocative, and intricate, \u003ci\u003eTree of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is rooted in Victoria Chang's crystalline voice and generous, probing gaze, and by certain images ― trees, a hanging figure, a branch, fingertips, a briefcase ― that resurface like apparitions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Tree of Knowledge","offer_id":46616637931717,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-4721-6030-0.jpg?v=1785221472","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/tree-of-knowledge","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}