{"product_id":"ali-alizadeh-evental","title":"Ali Alizadeh, Evental","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvental\u003c\/em\u003e is a long-poem that explores the tenets of the work of the contemporary philosopher Alain Badiou. Drawing on Badiou’s key concept of Event, and its four conditions— art, politics, science and love— the poem versifies examples such as an episode of the French Revolution, the poetry of Forough Farrokhzad and a romantic ancient Chinese myth to address the divide between poetry and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Critically alert to ideas of otherness and its adjoining preoccupations … Alizadeh’s poems carefully protest and witness … His work is driven by an incessant musicality” — Gig Ryan, Australian Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Imbued with simple and muscular language, philosophic insight and great poetic skill” – The Adelaide Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“evocative and vivid, with subtext in layers” — Angela Meyer, Bookseller + Publisher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAli Alizadeh is a writer of poetry, prose and drama. His books include \u003cem\u003eAshes in the Air\u003c\/em\u003e (UQP, 2011) and \u003cem\u003eIran: My Grandfather\u003c\/em\u003e (Transit Lounge, 2010), shortlisted for a NSW Premier’s Literary Award. He holds a PhD in Professional Writing from Deakin University and lives in Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRare Object Number 63.\u003cbr\u003e 12 pages. Published 2011.\u003cbr\u003e Cover image by Kay Orchison.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":241003077,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/alizadeh.jpg?v=1347967194","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/de\/products\/ali-alizadeh-evental","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}