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The berry takes the shape of the bloom : poems / Andrea Bennett.

by Bennett, Andrea (Author of Canoodlers).

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Talonbooks, 2023.

9781772015515 (trade paperback)

Includes bibliographical references.

"The berry takes the shape of the bloom originated as a gesture towards optimism after loss and pain, difficulty and fear. It began as a linear narrative, offering a window into one trans person's life after they felt contented and secure. But in the end these poems, which capture particular moments in time, may recur in any given present: sometimes what surfaces is anxiety or anger, sometimes love or eagerness. Some poems bear witness; others hold grudges or shake free of them. Together, they entwine around enmeshed experiences of gender, family, trans pregnancy, abuse, fear, and becoming."--From publisher.

Andrea Bennett is a nonbinary National Magazine Award–winning writer, editor, and illustrator who lives in Ayjoo mixw (Powell River), BC. Their first book of essays, "Like a Boy but Not a Boy: Navigating Life, Mental Health, and Parenthood outside the Gender Binary" (2020), was a CBC Books' pick for the top Canadian non-fiction of the year.

Canadian poetry.

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