There is often the urge when faced with an unbearable tragedy to wallow in self-pity. And if one turns to verse to render the circumstances into an aesthetic experience, the most important aspect of poetry—transport—is often missing.
In the The Ex-Files, Barbra Nightingale has transformed the details of her ex-husband’s death into a powerful meditation that takes the reader through landscapes of grief filled with hurricanes, cookbooks, dreaming cats, and ruminations about the meaning of the Hebrew word: chai.
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Upcoming Posts
Five Questions with Garry Steckles (4/3/2009).
Garry Steckles, author of Bob Marley: A Life.
In My Own Words: Martin Mordecai (4/6/2009).
Martin Mordecai, author of Blue Mountain Trouble.
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