{"id":5815,"date":"2026-02-20T12:28:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5815"},"modified":"2026-10-07T07:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:57:52","slug":"leaning-to-the-left-pole","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/product\/leaning-to-the-left-pole\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaning to the Left Pole"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3b8199;\">Leaning to the Left Pole is the follow-up poetry collection from Peter Marcus, the longtime activist and Vancouver poet whose 2019 collection, <em>A Worker&#8217;s Friend<\/em>, was a call to action in poetry form, and playfully expressed the spirit of working-class struggle, leftist politics and social justice.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This new collection maintains a signature accessibility and engagement. The verses deliver sharp political commentary, environmental concerns and social justice themes through playful puns, inventive wordplay, and metaphor. Throughout, one senses the twinkle in the author&#8217;s eye.<\/p>\n<p>This new volume further articulates Marcus&#8217;s commitment to reflecting \u2014 and challenging \u2014 the world with profound left-wing conviction.<\/p>\n<p><!-- DIVIDER: INTRODUCTION \/ AUTHOR BIO _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<hr class=\"divider\" \/>\n<p><!-- AUTHOR BIO _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3b8199;\"><strong>About the author<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Peter Marcus was born in 1945 in Toronto. He moved to Vancouver in 1966. He found steady work in the health care system as a cleaner and later as a transport attendant and retired in 2002. He was an activist in the Hospital Employees\u2019 Union and a member of the Communist Party of Canada. His first book, <em>A Worker\u2019s Friend<\/em>, was published in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><!-- DIVIDER: AUTHOR BIO \/ PURCHASE LINKS _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<hr class=\"divider\" \/>\n<p><!-- BUY THE BOOK \/ RETAILER LINKS _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<style>\n.buy-the-book .retailer-link {\n    margin: 0 0 0.25rem;\n}<\/p>\n<p>.buy-the-book .retailer-link:last-child {\n    margin-bottom: 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section class=\"buy-the-book\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3b8199;\"><strong>Buy the book<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><!-- AMAZON RETAILER LINK _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<div class=\"retailer-link\"><strong><a style=\"color: #007a9f;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Leaning-Left-Pole-Peter-Marcus\/dp\/198946789X\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><!-- INDIGO RETAILER LINK _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<div class=\"retailer-link\"><strong><a style=\"color: #007a9f;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/leaning-to-the-left-pole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indigo<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><!-- SHOP LOCAL RETAILER LINK _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<div class=\"retailer-link\"><strong><a style=\"color: #007a9f;\" href=\"https:\/\/shoplocal.bookmanager.com\/isbn\/978-1989467893\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shop Local<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- DIVIDER: PURCHASE LINKS \/ BOOK DETAILS _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<hr class=\"divider\" \/>\n<p><!-- ACCORDION: ADDITIONAL BOOK DETAILS _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<details id=\"softcover\" class=\"accordion\">\n<summary><span style=\"color: #3b8199; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Additional book details<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"content\"><!-- BOOK DETAILS _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<h5>Book details<\/h5>\n<p>\u2022 Price: $16.95<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span style=\"color: #ececec;\">\u2022<\/span> ISBN: 978-1989467893<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<p><!-- END OF BOOK PAGE CONTENT --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5817,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[172,158],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5815","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-law-unions-and-politics","product_cat-poetry","first","instock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5999,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5815\/revisions\/5999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5815"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5815"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}