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Goodbye, Ukulele

by (author) Leigh Nash

Publisher
Mansfield Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2010
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894469500
    Publish Date
    Sep 2010
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

Leigh Nash's first full-length poetry collection is jammed with surprises and conundrums: lovesick whales, a mermaid Virgin Mary, pumpkins tossed from windowsÑa litany of strange and striking questions. The poems in Goodbye, Ukulele layer stark images that yield truths, lies, and what glimmers between. Blending crisp language, an often humorous absurdity, and a lush darkness, Nash's poems evoke 'Silver thick with years of tarnish. A bloody heart with one bite missing.' Turn any page in this book and you're somewhere new. Map not included.

About the author

Leigh Nash is a Toronto-based writer, editor, and administrator. A graduate of the University of Guelph’s MFA in Creative Writing program, she is a partner in the editing firm Re:word Communications, a co-founder of The Emergency Response Unit, and was an executive member of the Scream Literary Festival. She is currently the managing editor at Coach House Books. Her work has appeared in various print and online literary journals. Goodbye, Ukulele is her first book.

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Editorial Reviews

Uppal's poems are a wonderful culmination of the Canadian Olympic Experience.Ó (Jon Morris, Olympic Gold Medallist, Men's Curling)

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