Precordial Thump

Zoe Whittall

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Insightfully showcasing the inner divide, this poetic memoir aims to break down the larger lies of poetic form and the smaller dishonesties within the self. A fixation on medical language and the crucial aspects of what it means to be human, to love, and to be loved are woven throughout this collection. Featuring compelling lesbian themes, this is a humorous book of self-discovery that conjures up all the joy, toughness, and melancholy of being a girl, both elegant and scruffy at once.

Book Details

Publisher: Exile Editions
Publish Date: Sep 1st, 2009
Pages: 103
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.70in - 6.50in - 0.30in - 0.44lb
EAN: 9781550961157
Categories: • Canadian - General• American - General

About the Author

Zoe Whittall is the author of the poetry collections The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life and The Emily Valentine Poems and the novel Bottle Rocket Hearts, which was named one of the Best Books of 2007 by both the Globe and Mail and Quill & Quire. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Praise for this book

"Whittall's background as a poet shines--her voice hits hard and with beauty." --Ottawa Citizen

"Whittall is part pop psychologist and personal historian, artfully combining found material with Polaroid memory captures." --Mariko Tamaki, author, Skim

"Whittall's writing is eloquent . . . a book I devoured page after page . . . one I didn't want to end." --Calgary Herald

"Zoe Whittall might just be the cockiest, brashest, funniest, toughest, most life-affirming, elegant, scruffy, no-holds-barred writer to emerge from Montreal since Mordecai Richler." --Globe and Mail