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Some Talk of Being Human

by (author) Laura Farina

Publisher
Mansfield Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2014
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771260459
    Publish Date
    Oct 2014
    List Price
    $17

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Description

Some Talk of Being Human is a charming, whimsical, and occasionally dark collection of poems about entering the world of adulthood. Laura Farina started writing it at her first desk job after university, and completed it after she decided to get married nearly a decade later. The poems take place in Ottawa, South Bend, Toronto, Banff and Vancouver and they span three different romantic relationships. But these are not typical love poems or relationship poems. They're interested in the small details Ñ telephone calls, weather, half-full jars of mayo Ñ that make up my everyday, human, life. Farina's work is also obsessed with finding a home, returning home, making a home.

About the author

Laura Farina has published two full-length poetry collections. She is the recipient of the Archibald Lampman Award, and has appeared on the longlist for both the ReLit Award and the CBC Poetry Prize. This Is the Path the Wolf Took is her first picture book. Laura lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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