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Otter
Ben Ladouceur
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Description for Otter
Paperback. From the trenches of Verdun to gay bars to Parisian hotel rooms, Otter shares spaces with men. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
His body, like yours, would lie mute as a plum until a vigilant limb came to a decision. As you might have guessed I've come to one myself. Moving from the absurdity of the First World War to the chaos of today's cities, where men share beds, bottles of ouzo and shade from willow trees, these poems ask questions: If your lover speaks in his sleep, how do you know 'you' is you? What good is it to decorate a headstone? What if you think of the perfect comeback to a six-year--old argument? Otter fails, ... Read more
His body, like yours, would lie mute as a plum until a vigilant limb came to a decision. As you might have guessed I've come to one myself. Moving from the absurdity of the First World War to the chaos of today's cities, where men share beds, bottles of ouzo and shade from willow trees, these poems ask questions: If your lover speaks in his sleep, how do you know 'you' is you? What good is it to decorate a headstone? What if you think of the perfect comeback to a six-year--old argument? Otter fails, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781552453100
SKU
V9781552453100
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About Ben Ladouceur
Ben Ladouceur is a writer originally from Ottawa, now based in Toronto. His work has been featured in Arc, The Malahat Review, PRISM international and The Walrus, and in the Best Canadian Poetry anthology. He was awarded the Earle Birney Poetry Prize in 2013.
Reviews for Otter
'Formally impeccable and richly imagined, Ben Ladouceur's poems track the awe of a mind as it engages with epiphanal moments, both private and historical. His language is filtered through an intelligence that's queer and graceful, always in search of the singular phrase and a music that startles with its precision. As each poem unfurls, keen insight gives way to the ... Read more