The eagerly awaited second collection from acclaimed poet Anne-Marie Turza.
Be startled by metaphysical snails and the ghosts of footnotes in the dark. Fugue With Bedbug is part musical reference, part portraiture, a series of uncanny poems attending to time and mortality, an eccentric essay, and a musical score. Using the fugue form as a foil and a quiet compositional strategy, poet Anne-Marie Turza argues that the mission: “in afterthought, was Jell-O, a salad of delicate intent and shimmy . . .”
The eagerly awaited second collection from acclaimed poet Anne-Marie Turza.
Be startled by metaphysical snails and the ghosts of footnotes in the dark. Fugue With Bedbug is part musical reference, part portraiture, a series of uncanny poems attending to time and mortality, an eccentric essay, and a musical score. Using the fugue form as a foil and a quiet compositional strategy, poet Anne-Marie Turza argues that the mission: “in afterthought, was Jell-O, a salad of delicate intent and shimmy . . .”
| Published By | House of Anansi Press Inc — Apr 5, 2022 |
| Specifications | 116 pages | 6 in x 8.875 in |
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| Written By |
ANNE-MARIE TURZA is the author of The Quiet (House of Anansi Press) and the chapbook Slip Minute (Baseline Press). She lives on Vancouver Island. |
| Written By |
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ANNE-MARIE TURZA is the author of The Quiet (House of Anansi Press) and the chapbook Slip Minute (Baseline Press). She lives on Vancouver Island. |