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Poetry Nature

Divided

by (author) Linda Frank

Publisher
Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.
Initial publish date
Apr 2018
Category
Nature, Women Authors, Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781928088585
    Publish Date
    Apr 2018
    List Price
    $18.00

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Description

Looking deeply into humanity's interactions with the animal world, Linda Frank considers our fascination with and fear of nature, as well as our exploitation of all species. These poems catalogue not only the beautiful and sometimes deadly complexity of our natural world, but investigate the ways we have sought to understand it, highlighting the struggle of women scientists to push past misogyny. In these poems Nabokov's butterflies live on beside flea circuses and von Frisch's bees are as detailed as the habits of the jewel wasp. This is a collection written with a botanist's eye and a scientist's attention to cause and effect, both a lament and paean to a world that is vanishing.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Linda Frank was born in Montreal and now lives in Hamilton, Ontario. She has written three books of poetry: Cobalt Moon Embrace, Insomnie Blues and Kahlo: The World Split Open, which was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award. She is a past winner of the Banff Centre's Bliss Carmen Poetry Award and has been shortlisted for the National Magazine Awards.