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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Pohl-Weary, Emily.     Subjects     Urban violence -- Poetry.     Inner cities -- Poetry.     Neighborhoods -- Poetry.     Canadian poetry -- Women authors.     Canadian poetry -- 21st century.     Toronto (Ont.) -- Poetry     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pohl-Weary, Emily.       by title:      Ghost sick : a poetr...       by call number:      819.16 P748g     Search the Web     Pohl-Weary, Emily.     Urban violence -- Poetry.     Inner cities -- Poetry.     Neighborhoods -- Poetry.     Canadian poetry -- Women authors.     Canadian poetry -- 21st century.     Toronto (Ont.) -- Poetry       MARC Display

Ghost sick : a poetry of witness / Emily Pohl-Weary. by Pohl-Weary, Emily. Tightrope Books, [2015]. Call #: 819.16 P748g Subjects Urban violence -- Poetry.   Inner cities -- Poetry.   Neighborhoods -- Poetry.   Canadian poetry -- Women authors.   Canadian poetry -- 21st century.   Toronto (Ont.) -- Poetry ISBN:  9781926639826 (pbk.) Description:  106 p. : ill., port. ; 21 cm. Notes:  Poems. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  When a Christmas Eve shooting devastated Pohl-Weary's community, she began to hunt through the numbness and grief for some understanding and hopefulness about the future. In the tradition of Carolyn Forché, Ernesto Cardenal and Shu Ting, Ghost Sick is a poetry of witness. It chronicles the impact of violence on a Toronto neighbourhood, the power of empathy, and the resilience of the human spirit. Author and creative writing instructor Emily Pohl-Weary has published seven books, a series of girl pirate comics, and her own literary magazine. She is the author of a novel for teens, Not Your Ordinary Wolf Girl. Her five previous books include Strange Times at Western High, Girls Who Bite Back, A Girl Like Sugar, Iron-on Constellations, and Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril. Emily is a current creative writing instructor at Dalhousie University. Genre:  Canadian poetry. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 819.16 P748g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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