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Poetry Lgbt

Belated Bris of the Brainsick

by (author) Lucas Crawford

Publisher
Nightwood Editions
Initial publish date
Oct 2019
Category
LGBT, Family, Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889713666
    Publish Date
    Oct 2019
    List Price
    $18.95

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Description

Belated Bris of the Brainsick traces 1) a belated and in some ways violent revelation about one’s ancestry and one’s past, 2) a resultant mental breakdown and 3) the pursuit of a new life with someone else who lives with mental illness. These events and the styles in which they are told are inflected by queer, transgender and disabled perspectives and aesthetics. If there is a narrative arc to the collection, it is not the usual one of falling ill and then regaining health; rather, it is the pursuit of a “queered” version of health.

About the author

Lucas Crawford is the Ruth Wynn Woodward Endowment Lecturer at Simon Fraser University, where he teaches in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. His poetry has appeared in Room, Rampike, PRISM International, The Antigonish Review, SubTerrain, Other Voices, and The Nashwaak Review, as well as the anthology Between: New Gay Poetry. Crawford's poems won the the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia's Atlantic Writing Competition and are currently nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He's based in Vancouver.

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Editorial Reviews

“Crawford’s third collection of poetry is awe-inspiring. Each poem is genuinely jaw-dropping and unique, but if there is a running theme it is that of identity. Mental illness, trans* life, religion, politics; Crawford handles them all with aplomb. Born in Halifax, raised in rural Nova Scotia and currently an associate professor at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Crawford’s work could not be more relevant or necessary than it is now. An instant classic.”

[EDIT] Magazine, volume 12, Spring 2020

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