Description
Sumptuary Laws, Nyla Matuk's first full-length collection, is a work of irresistible originality. Taking as her inspiration the feudal rules that once enforced social rank by legistating what a person was permitted to wear and eat, Matuk discovers a new metaphor for contemporary desire and explores, in wildly imaginative and linguistically daring poems, the 21st century "sumptuary laws" that dictate our divisions of luxury and necessity, splendour and squalor. A poet of immense gifts, Matuk has written a book of lasting impact.
About the author
Nyla Matuk is the author of Sumptuary Laws (Véhicule Press, 2012) and Stranger (Véhicule Press, 2016). Her poems have appeared in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. including The New Yorker, PN Review, The Walrus, and Poetry. She has been nominated for the Walrus Poetry Prize and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Prize. In 2018, she was the Mordecai Richler Writer in Residence.
