Deriving
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Robert Kroetsch Series
ISBN-10
1772125474
ISBN-13
9781772125474
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Imprint
University of Alberta Press
Country of Manufacture
CA
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 5th, 2021
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
120 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 13.30 x 0.60 cms
Product Classification:
PoetryPoetry / PoemsPoetry / poems by individual poetsPoetry by individual poets
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Deriving explores infertility, motherhood, and family, while troubling colonial legacies of language and Canadian identity.
Deriving is a feminist exploration of the creation of life, of family, and of words themselves. Delisle asks: How does past infertility colour the experience of new motherhood? How do historical voices echo in the present? How does language impact our ways of being in the world? These poems embrace the rich material of mothering with unapologetic honesty, confronting the experiences that some would keep hidden. Fear, anger, envy mix with joy and ultimately hope, as Delisle considers the challenges of conceiving and raising children in both familial and global contexts. Deriving is a poignant, lyrical meditation on longing, place, and embodiment. I watched it freeze up, rafts of white snagging beneath the bridge,frazil ice, pans linked along the shoreline.Inside me my son was building white fat on bone.- from “North Saskatchewan”
"Deriving is a masterfully crafted collection that is both prescient and relevant. Delisle traverses time, language, geography, and topography and deftly synthesizes the ethereal and the concrete with poems that ''sound the shape of a thousand leaves.'' Delisle’s lens zooms in and out from the internal workings of motherhood, family, and love, even as it brings into focus etymology, biology, climate change, and politics. Above all, this collection is a magical exploration of language’s perfection and elusiveness. Here is a voice that enlightens, surprises, and stirs. Deriving is rich—its breadth and depth compel the reader to experience poetry that, at its core, is about ''finding words/for everything I’ll never understand.''”
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