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A finalist for the Alfred G. Bailey Prize, Ignite is a collection of elegiac and experimental poetry powder-kegged with questions about one man''s lifelong struggle with schizophrenia. Born into a strict Mennonite family, Abe Spenst''s mental illness spanned three decades in and out of mental institutions where he underwent electric shock treatment and coma-induced insulin therapy. Merging memory and medical records, Kevin Spenst recreates his father''s life through a cuckoo''s nest of styles that both stand as witness and waltz to the interplay between memory, emotion and all our forms of becoming. Praise for Ignite: "... with a fearless layering of voice, Ignite is upfront and unswerving. A novel-esque torrent tracing a troubling history of illness, part confrontation and part chronicle, this collection is daring with its dark narrative. Here is a willingness for, and enviable strength in, extending poetic range. Ignite heals and ascends. There are books that need to be written and this is one of them. This is a collection which gives more and more with every read." (Sandra Ridley, judge, Alfred G. Bailey prize) "An outstanding follow-up to Spenst''s excellent first collection. (Winnipeg Free Press)" A selection of poems from Ignite won the Lush Triumphant Award for Poetry.

Book details

• Full title: Ignite
• Author: Kevin Spenst
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 95
• EAN: 9781772140538
• ID: 15474729
• Publisher: ANVIL PR
• Weight: 118 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 127 × 6 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. June 2016

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