| Questions I Asked My Mother Contributor(s): Brandt, Di (Author), MacDonald, Tanis (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0888015054 ISBN-13: 9780888015051 Publisher: Turnstone Press OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2019393676 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.3" W x 8.3" (0.31 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |