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Ajar : poems / Margo LaPierre.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.4.L3664 A7 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LaPierre, Margo, author.
- Series:
- Essential poets ; 319.
- Essential poets series ; 319
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychoses--Poetry.
- Psychoses.
- Bipolar disorder--Poetry.
- Bipolar disorder.
- Genre:
- poetry.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 108 pages : 1 illustration ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Chicago ; Buffalo ; Lancaster (U.K.) : Guernica Editions, 2025.
- Summary:
- "The poems in Ajar navigate the physical and psychological dangers of womanhood through the flattening lens of mood disorder. Psychosis isn't the opposite of reality--it's another perceptual system. If neurotypical thought measures the world in centimetres, this collection measures it in inches, gallons, amperes. Ajar celebrates radical recovery from gendered violence and psychotic paradigm shifts, approaching madness through prismatic inquiry. As time converges within us, we find new ways to heal and grow. From the emergency room to the pharmacy to the fertility clinic to the dis/comfort of home and memory, this collection humanizes bipolar psychosis."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references: pages 97-103.
- ISBN:
- 9781771839884
- 1771839880
- OCLC:
- 1499204662
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