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Inheritance

by (author) Kerry-Lee Powell

Publisher
Biblioasis
Initial publish date
Sep 2014
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927428795
    Publish Date
    Sep 2014
    List Price
    $17.95

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Inspired by a shipwreck endured by Powell's father during the Second World War, and by his subsequent struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder and eventual suicide, Inheritance is a suite of lyric poems that explores violence, trauma, and mental illness.

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Contributor Notes

Born in Montreal, Kerry-Lee Powell has lived in Australia, Antigua, and The United Kingdom, where she studied Medieval and Renaissance literature at Cardiff University and directed a literature promotion agency. Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies throughout the United Kingdom and North America, including The Spectator, The Boston Review, and The Virago Writing Women series. In 2013, she won The Boston Review fiction contest, The Malahat Review's Far Horizons Award for short fiction, and the Alfred G. Bailey manuscript prize. A chapbook entitled "The Wreckage" has recently been published in England by Grey Suit Editions. A novel and short fiction collection are forthcoming from HarperCollins. Inheritance is her first book.

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