\u201cThese poems are fresh gospels, proclaiming Truth in heart-startling English. Herein Love is a damnation, Love is repentance, Love is redemption. To be holy is to be wholly human. Uppal\u2019s poetry x-rays the soul\u2014in all of its (re-)incarnations.\u201d \u2014George Elliott Clarke<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a poet of dramatic images and ominous tones, preoccupied with the power dynamics in relationships. Her poems are full of the havoc wreaked by such natural disasters as fires, earthquekes and tornados. She\u2019s unquestionably a writer of strong vision and bold strokes.\u201d \u2014 Barbara Carey, Toronto Star<\/em><\/p>\n

Priscila Uppal was born in Ottawa in 1974 and currently lives in Toronto. She has published five collections of poetry: How to Draw Blood From a Stone<\/em> (1998), Confessions of a Fertility Expert<\/em> (1999), Pretending to Die<\/em> (2001), Live Coverage<\/em> (2003) and Ontological Necessities<\/em> (2006); all with Exile Editions. Her first novel, The Divine Economy of Salvation<\/em> (2002), was published to international acclaim by Doubleday Canada, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill US, and translated into Dutch and Greek for publication by Anbos-Anthos in the Netherlands and Belgium and by Modern Times Publisher in Greece. Her poetry has been translated into Croatian, Korean, Italian, and Latvian. She holds a PhD in English Literature, and is a professor of Humanities and Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at York University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the time poet and fiction writer Priscila Uppal released this book she was 26 years old. Pretending to Die<\/em> is her third book, and continues her exploration of myth and mourning, how the past survives in the present, and how we stay afloat against the knowledge of mortality. Her first novel, The Divine Economy of Salvation<\/em> (Doubleday Canada), appeared in the Spring of 2002.<\/p>\n

Cover and interior photos by Tracy Carbert and Tim Hanna.<\/p>\n

Poetry \u2022 6 x 9 inches \u2022 PB 126 pages \u2022 9781550965193<\/p>\n

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