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Infrangible

by (author) Carol Barbour

Publisher
Guernica Editions
Initial publish date
Sep 2018
Category
Canadian, Women Authors, Family
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771832786
    Publish Date
    Sep 2018
    List Price
    $20.00

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Description

Carol Barbour's new book of poetry is a heady concoction of sumptuous beauty and dangerous relations. Characterized by a strong, rhythmic cadence, the language is evocative of the beating heart which nudges at the edge of being. Trauma is carefully negotiated, wrestling in a precarious balance between memory and what remains inconceivable. Barbour invites the reader to reflect on human frailty, and the inherent desire to mend relations with others, and with oneself. The poems are intricate ciphers, heroic missals, created to forestall the propensity of life to come undone. An intimate and heroic collection, Infrangible reveals the artist as a child, a woman, and a lover, in search of meaning, union, and recognition.

About the author

Carol Barbour’s poems have been published by Canthius, Sein und Werden, The Ekphrastic Review, Transverse Journal, The Fiddlehead, and The Toronto Quarterly. A graduate of the University of Toronto (MA) and the Ontario College of Art (AOCA), Carol is a poet, visual artist, and art historian. She resides in Toronto.

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Excerpt: Infrangible (by (author) Carol Barbour)

Divided from, tucked into. / A part of the whole, / yet severed from the body // that gave her life. / The headless woman floats / in a Cartesian equation. -- From "Headless Woman"

Editorial Reviews

Barbour, a visual artist and art historian as well as a poet, writes with a painter’s eye.

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