Sit How You Want - Couverture souple

Richardson, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1550654977 ISBN 13 : 9781550654974

Editeur : Vehicule Press, 2018

Synopsis

Power and sex take centre stage in Robin Richardson's formidable third collection, Sit How You Want. Plane crashes and automobile mishaps are the backdrop for female narrators who grapple with terror, anxiety, and powerlessness: "When I say I'm fine I mean the sky has opened / like an old wound under scurvy." In their grim wit, sinister straight talk, and sometimes violent bawdiness, Richardson's poems work as counter-charms against the lingering trauma of abusive relationships, both familial and romantic. The book embodies a belief in poetry as an instrument of change, a tool for transforming pain into exuberant verbal energy: "It is the thrill of ruination / makes us innovate."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

ROBIN RICHARDSON is the author of three collections of poetry, including Sit How You Want (named one of the best books of the year by CBC Books and winner of the 2019 Trillium Book Award for Poetry), and is Editor-in-Chief at Minola Review. Her work has appeared in Salon, POETRY, The American Poetry Review, The Walrus, Hazlitt, Best Canadian Poetry, and Tin House, among others. She holds an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College, and a BD in Design from OCAD University. She has won the Fortnight Poetry Prize in the U.K., The John B. Santorini Award, The Joan T. Baldwin Award, and has been shortlisted for the CBC, Walrus, and ARC Poetry Prizes, among others. She lives in Toronto.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vehicule Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1550654977
• ISBN 13: 9781550654974
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 78
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• Personne responsable: non disponible