Act normal / Nancy Viva Davis Halifax.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis Halifax, Nancy Viva, 1956- author.

Series:

Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series

Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series ; v.80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

English poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (101 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]

Summary:

These poems are inquisitive, desiring to evade the grasp of the normative, as endured by those institutionalized by, and through, the concept of normalcy. act normal invites readers to re-orient from the normative task of assuming the safety of consensual interpretation, while risking, cherishing, and performing non-indifference.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Introduction

Soundbar

1927

1928

Do Not Say that You did not know 1960

Williston 1971 : Failure & Inhumanity

A Better Chance of Prevailin’

The Government Knew : They did Nothing

Asylum

35 Million $

3 Kilometres Away

The Constitution Of Subjects

Act Normal : A Charm

Beauty at the Proper Distance In Song

Listenin’ Over a Distance

Lake Simcoe

The Lonely Laws ] hmmm [

Nasty

Do you Know why you’re here

Lithics

Escape

Unspeakable : Words

& What if you Cannot

Raven 1952

If you Want to Know More

Uncalculable

Some Kind of Astronaut

Prevention & Correction

Radford Writes

Their Fear Intends a Future Barren of

Apology (Under Erasure)

The Gravity Of Carrots

Rct

What is Left

The Lighting of the Wards

To Fail More Fully

The Lack of an Absolute

] That the After me is Uncertain is Certain [

A Distance to Ease the Lonely

The Writin’ Of Happy Begins : What i can & Cannot

The Buildin’S Not the Cure

Matters of Care

You are Just ] For Those who Were & are [

Consent to Investigation Treatment or Operative Procedure

A Threat Had to Exist in Order to Expand & Sustain the Institution

There is ] Must be [ Evidence : An “Inquiry Into the Adequacy of Care” 1848

The Weight of Disregard

A Complete Severin

Redact Ed : Sti Gmata of Degeneracy

Systematic Action of a Will Upon Another in View of its Improvement

In its Statement of Defence, the Province Denied that Any Abuse or Mistreatment Happened at the Institution

Properly Applied Sterilization will be of Great Benefit to Humanity

Something your Mother Crocheted Held Next to Skin

Notes

Select Bibliography

With Gratitude

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228019473

0228019478

9780228019480

0228019486

OCLC:

1378076376