Turnstone Press / 2015 / $19.00 / ISBN: 9780888015259
“Dark and brutal, the poems never calm down and never let up” — Jonathan Ball, Winnipeg Free Press
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Design
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In the title poem, "Exquisite Monsters," the reader is encouraged to rip up the perforated pages and remix the poems.
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The poem also tells the reader to create their own illustrations.
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The book was designed at Turnstone Press by Jamis Paulson.
Poems from the book
Pandemic-era reading of "The Object's Reply" and "The Dream of the Hybrid Electric Woman":
These poems published online also appear in Exquisite Monsters, but often in a revised form (and sometimes with a different title):
Awards
- shortlisted for ReLit Award for poetry (best book of poetry from Canadian independent press)
- designer Jamis Paulson shortlisted for Manitoba Book Award for book design
- first-ever Geist Erasure Poetry Contest winner for "Strange" (previously titled "My Word")
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In addition to winning the Geist Erasure Poetry contest, the poem "Strange"/"My Word" also appeared in an English PEN anthology in support of the Russian activist group Pussy Riot. The anthology was translated into Russian.
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