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Poetry Women Authors

Charm

by (author) Christine McNair

Publisher
Book*hug Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2017
Category
Women Authors, Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771663182
    Publish Date
    Apr 2017
    List Price
    $18.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781771663199
    Publish Date
    Jun 2017
    List Price
    $14.99

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Winner of the 2018 Archibald Lampman Award
A charm can protect, inflict or influence. Charm, the second collection by poet Christine McNair, considers the craftwork of conception from a variety of viewpoints--from pregnancy and motherhood, to how an orchid is pollinated, to overcoming abusive relationships, to the manual artistry of carving a violin bow or marbling endpapers.
Through these poems, McNair's poetic line evolves as if moving in a spellbound kaleidoscope, etched with omens, fairytales, intimacy's stickiness, and the mothering body.

About the author

Christine McNair is the author of Charm (winner of the 2018 Archibald Lampman Award), Conflict (finalist for the City of Ottawa Book Award, the Archibald Lampman Award, and the ReLit Award for Poetry), and Toxemia. She was also nominated for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. Her chapbook pleasantries and other misdemeanours was shortlisted for the bpNichol Chapbook Award. Her work has appeared in sundry literary journals and anthologies. McNair lives in Ottawa where she works as a book doctor.

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Awards

  • Winner, Archibald Lampman Award

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