In a Riptide (Paperback)

Ronna Bloom

ISBN 10: 1771316586 / ISBN 13: 9781771316583

Published by Brick Books, 2025

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Paperback. FEATURED ON CBC'S FRESH AIR WITH DAVID COOPERFunny while serious, wise without being certain, full of feeling and yet rinsed of sentimentality.The characters in Ronna Bloom's new collection In a Riptide are tired, sick, old, fragile, baffled, worried, dying, dead, uncertain, snacking, happy, generous, preoccupied, horny, astonished, and sometimes free. Emily Dickinson and Bukowski show up in the same poem. The Buddha has a shower. And Sisyphus is released from his burdens. It's the hospital meets the circus. Here, humour, darkness, and ecstasy mingle, and the chaos doesn't stop. But there's breath in these poems. Theres life. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In a Riptide (Paperback)
• Publisher: Brick Books
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1771316586
• ISBN 13: 9781771316583
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

FEATURED ON CBC'S FRESH AIR WITH DAVID COOPER

Funny while serious, wise without being certain, full of feeling and yet rinsed of sentimentality.

The characters in Ronna Bloom's new collection In a Riptide are tired, sick, old, fragile, baffled, worried, dying, dead, uncertain, snacking, happy, generous, preoccupied, horny, astonished, and sometimes free. Emily Dickinson and Bukowski show up in the same poem. The Buddha has a shower. And Sisyphus is released from his burdens. It's the hospital meets the circus. Here, humour, darkness, and ecstasy mingle, and the chaos doesn't stop. But there's breath in these poems. There’s life.

About the Author

Ronna Bloom is a Toronto-based poet and educator and the author of seven books of poetry. Her work has been broadcast on CBC, recorded by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and translated into Bangla and Chinese. Ronna is also someone who puts poetry to work in the world; she has led many initiatives to bring poetry into health care settings, specifically developing the first Poet-in-Residence program at Mount Sinai Hospital/Sinai Health. Ronna's most recent book is A Possible Trust: The Poetry of Ronna Bloom, selected with an introduction by Phil Hall (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, September 2023). www.ronnabloom.com