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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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.
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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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. questions I asked my mother is a seminal work of both Canadian and Mennonite literature.Included in this new edition, poet and scholar Tanis MacDonald reflects on the the impact of Di Brandt's poetry undercuts centuries of patriarchal culture. Powerful and lyrical, filled with humour and intelligence, Brandt's] language enfolds desire and hate, birth and death, mother and child.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. Seller Inventory # 00104756501
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. questions I asked my mother is a seminal work of both Canadian and Mennonite literature.Included in this new edition, poet and scholar Tanis MacDonald reflects on the the impact of Di Brandt's poetry undercuts centuries of patriarchal culture. Powerful and lyrical, filled with humour and intelligence, Brandt's] language enfolds desire and hate, birth and death, mother and child.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. Seller Inventory # CIN0888011156VG
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First collection of poetry and recipient of the Gerald Lampert Award for "best first book of poetry in Canada," by the Winnipeg writer & academic. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very slight corner wear & slight cover curling. ***Inscribed by Author***. Seller Inventory # 005395
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