Sometimes, knowing a person is
home, preparing a salad, helps.
This debut collection of poems records the unanticipated images that crystallize as we contemplate the state of our lives in the small hours of the day. Inspired by the economy of the Western ghazal form, Erin Brubacher’s sparse poems chronicle the aftermath of a marriage and the many seemingly minor encounters which bring clarity, levity and a sense of pathos to our days.

ERIN BRUBACHER is a multidisciplinary artist. Her first book of poetry, In the small hours, was published in 2016. Recent theatre projects include: Noor, written by Erum Khan with live music by sitarist Anwar Khurshid and the electronic music duo LAL; the award winning Brubacher/Spooner/Tannahill production of Concord Floral; and Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools, written and performed by Evalyn Parry and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, for which Brubacher was awarded Best Director by the Toronto Theatre Critics in 2018. Brubacher lives in Toronto.

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