Traumatology - Softcover

Uppal, Priscila

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155096139X ISBN 13: 9781550961393

Publisher: Exile Editions, 2010

Synopsis

In exploring the topic of health, this collection of poetry tackles a crucial aspect of our lives—but one that is rarely a subject of contemporary art. Playful, satirical, surreal, yet unflinchingly humane, the poems introduce men with wands to patrol their neighborhoods, past selves smuggling themselves aboard airplanes, and unhappy people trying their luck on a psychological wheel of blame.

About this title

About the Author:

Priscila Uppal is a poet, novelist, and professor at York University. She is the author of five collections of poetry, including Live Coverage and Ontological Necessities, which was shortlisted for the $50,000 Griffin Poetry Prize. She is also the author of two novels and an academic study, We Are What We Mourn: The Contemporary English-Canadian Elegy. She lives in Toronto. 

 

Review:

“[Uppal]writes poems for which she most likely would have been imprisoned, burnt at the stake, or shot in many countries in the world, both in the distant past and today. Luckily for us, here she is.” —Charles Simic, United States Poet Laureate

“The poems bristle with startling imagery and sardonic humour."  —Toronto Star

“Both witty and serious, attacking big questions while concentrating on small details.”  —Contemporary Verse 2

About this edition

• Publisher: Exile Editions
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 155096139X
• ISBN 13: 9781550961393
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120