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A new poetry collection by a young and talented Canadian poet, Chad Campbell, finalist for the 2013 Malahat Long Poem Prize Beginning with the arrival of the Campbell clan in Canada in 1827--"pale scot farmers fording the river, / seated backwards in refusal"--Laws & Locks tracks the history of one family's struggle with depression, madness, and mental illness. Chad Campbell's first book of poetry is a brilliant investigation, at once dazzling and unflinching, into the way our predecessors bear on our choices in the present, and how present-day consequences extend backwards in time. A skilled, self-possessed, and clear-eyed poet, Campbell has produced a work of art that, while not quite confessional, transforms the private, dark, often stigmatized regions of his life into powerful poetry.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781550654028
  • ISBN-10: 1550654020
  • Publisher: Signal Editions
  • Publish Date: September 2015
  • Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.55 x 0.04 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.33 pounds
  • Page Count: 70

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