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Dance in the Cage of My Bones

by (author) Luella Kerr

Publisher
Ekstasis Editions
Initial publish date
Sep 1992
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780921215592
    Publish Date
    Sep 1992
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

Dance in the Cage of My Bones is an honest and moving account of Kerr’s experience of breast cancer and modified radical mastectomy. Everything in her life is altered, except perhaps the will to speak a still fierce involvement with the world through luminous lines of poetry.

About the author

Born in Toronto, Kerr attended University of Toronto and obtained an M.A. from York University. Her first collection of poetry, Tenth Muse, was printed by Fiddlehead Press. It was followed by Love Is A Bright Thing Round My Shoulders and two collections since she moved to Victoria in 1978, A Breath of Earth (Ekstasis, 1986) and Dance in the Cage of My Bones (Ekstasis, 1992). The latter title is her poetry about her experiences with breast cancer, and was published one day after she succumbed to the disease.

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