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Poetry Women Authors

Red With Living

Poems and Art

by (author) Diane Driedger

Publisher
Inanna Publications
Initial publish date
May 2016
Category
Women Authors, General, Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771333016
    Publish Date
    May 2016
    List Price
    $18.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781771333023
    Publish Date
    May 2016
    List Price
    $8.99

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In this compelling collection of poems and art, the colour of living is red with excitement, pain, sunsets, blood, and tropical flowers. Along the way, the poet paints herself into the works of Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet and Maud Lewis. Diane Driedger confronts the body in two different contexts: through her participation in the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival and through her experience of undergoing breast cancer treatment and of being chronically ill. This is poetry that celebrates the body in all its varied forms.

About the author

Diane Driedger has been involved in the disability rights movement at the local, national and international levels for 40 years, with organizations such as Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI), the DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWN) Canada, and Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD). She has published ten books, including four anthologies by women with disabilities, and The Last Civil Rights Movement: Disabled Peoples’ International (1989). She is also a poet and visual artist. Her most recent poetry book is Red With Living (2016). Diane is Assistant Professor in the Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Disability Studies at the University of Manitoba.

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