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Questions I Asked My Mother - Softcover

Brandt, Di; Brandt, Diana

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9780888011152: Questions I Asked My Mother

Synopsis

Winner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award (League of Canadian Poets).Nominated for the Governor-Generals Award for Poetry and the Dillons Commonwealth Poetry Prize. Di Brandts first book of poetry is a deep, cutting exploration of patriarchy within the Mennonite tradition.You can feel the warmth of the poets breath, sometimes gasping, sometimes singing, always affirming life itself. Read these poems. They will take your breath away.Magdalene Redekop

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From the Publisher

Di Brandt is an award-winning poet, editor and teacher who grew up in a Mennonite community in Southern Manitoba. She has won the Gerald Lampert Award and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and the Dillons Commonwealth Poetry Prize.

About the Author

Di Brandt was born in Winkler, Manitoba but currently lives in Windsor, Ontario where she is an Associate Professor of Canadian Literature and Creative Writing. She is award-winning writer of poetry, essays, and creative non-fiction. Her poetry has been set to music and adapted for theatre, radio, film, and dance. Di also served as co-editor of Contemporary Verse 2, Poetry Editor of Prairie Firemagazine, Writer in Residence at the University of Alberta, and as Assistant Professor of Canadian Literature and Lecturer at the University of Winnipeg.

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