Stranger (Paperback)

Nyla Matuk

ISBN 10: 1550654543 / ISBN 13: 9781550654547

Published by Vehicule Press, Montreal, QC, 2017

About this Item

Paperback. In Stranger, Nyla Matuks provocative, unabashedly sensual voice leads us to revelations about how our lives are increasingly disembodied by social medias flattened, outward identity markers. In place of this contested sense of self, Stranger reckons with a range of possible states of unknowing. Have we over-determined our identities, and thus diminished our appetites? I fell asleep between two cold rivers, Matuk reports, while the blue shadows of uncomplicated / conifers leaned into their own. Bold and spontaneous, piling images and ideas on top of each other to create opulent sound patterns, these poems reawaken the readers sense of wonder. "Sigal Editions editor: Carmine Starnino"--Title page verso. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stranger (Paperback)
• Publisher: Vehicule Press, Montreal, QC
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1550654543
• ISBN 13: 9781550654547
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In Stranger, Nyla Matuk’s provocative, unabashedly sensual voice leads us to revelations about how our lives are increasingly disembodied by social media’s flattened, outward identity markers. In place of this contested sense of self, Stranger reckons with a range of possible states of unknowing. Have we over-determined our identities, and thus diminished our appetites? “I fell asleep between two cold rivers,” Matuk reports, “while the blue shadows of uncomplicated / conifers leaned into their own.” Bold and spontaneous, piling images and ideas on top of each other to create opulent sound patterns, these poems reawaken the reader’s sense of wonder.

About the Author

Nyla Matuk is the author of Sumptuary Laws, nominated for the League of Canadian Poets’ Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poetry in Canada. Sumptuary Laws was named a National Post best book of poetry in 2012 and a "must-read" book of poetry at CBC Books. Her poems have appeared recently in PN Review, The Fiddlehead, and the New Poetries VI anthology.