When whales went back to the water / Lisa Baird.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baird, Lisa, 1979- author.

Series:

Robert Kroetsch series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities--Poetry.

Sexual minorities.

Intimate partner violence--Poetry.

Intimate partner violence.

Family violence--Poetry.

Family violence.

Grief--Poetry.

Grief.

Canadian poetry--21st century.

Canadian poetry.

LGBTQ+ people.

Local Subjects:

Canadian poetry.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

LGBTQ+ poetry

Physical Description:

67 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Steely, tender, and sensual, Lisa Baird's When Whales Went Back to the Water creates a reverent container for a broken world. These poems are hymns to living in wonder through loss, joy, motherhood's sleepless nights, domestic violence, and isolation. Offering a courageous account of queer intimate partner violence, including the impacts of femme erasure in queer communities, this book is also grounded in the tastes and textures of a new parent's everyday--keenly interested in our capacities during personal and global catastrophe amidst diaper changes and playground dramas. Haunted by hawks, coyotes, frogs, and forests, the collection also speaks to the power of the beyond-human sphere in the translation and transformation of pain and sorrow. Reaching beyond stories of survivorship to touch on personal and collective pain with tension, nuance and care, Baird's poems remind us that grief is inextricably intertwined with love and joy."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Baird, Lisa, 1979- When whales went back to the water.

ISBN:

1772127965

9781772127966

OCLC:

1442328445