Precordial Thump
$22.95
This is a gutsy, gritty, urban, urbaine, and sleek selection by a poet evocatively skilled in her craft! Zoe Whittall’s third book of poetry, Precordial Thump, is a carefully aimed blow to the centre of the sternum, an attempt to start the heart. At the intersection of emergency medicine and emergency poetry, Whittall aims to expose the larger lies of poetic form and the dishonesties inherent in confessional poetry.
Poetry • 6.5 x 8.5 inches • PB 103 pages • 9781550961157
Zoe Whittall’s first novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts, was named one of the Best Books of 2007 by both the Globe and Mail and Quill & Quire. Following that, Now magazine awarded her the title of “Best Emerging Author of 2007.” Her previous two books of poetry are The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life and The Emily Valentine Poems. She has been anthologized in Breathing Fire 2: Canada’s New Poets. In 2008, she was the winner of the second annual Dayne Ogilvie award for emerging queer writers in Canada.
“Zoe Whittall might just be the cockiest, brashest, funniest, toughest, most life-affirming, elegant, scruffy, no-holds-barred writer to emerge from Montreal since Mordecai Richler …” —Globe and Mail
“Whittall’s background as a poet shines in every paragraph. Her poetic voice hits hard and with beauty.” —Ottawa Citizen
“Whittall’s writing is eloquent … a book I devoured page after page … one I didn’t want to end.” —Calgary Herald
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