Re-Origin of Species by Alessandra Naccarato
A poetic exploration of transformation, identity, and our connection to the natural world.
Re-Origin of Species blurs the lines of reality, journeying through illness and altered states to position disability and madness as evolutionary traits. These poems are skilled adaptations aligned with ecological change. This collection is a lyric contemplation of our relationship to the environment, looking at the interdependence of species. Weaving personal narratives with a study of the insect kingdom, it draws parallels between human illness, climate change, and the state of peril in the natural world.
"In this debut collection of startling beauty, Alessandra Naccarato weaves together the mythological and mundane, the ephemeral and the eternal, into a luminous tapestry of lyric and narrativeNaccarato's shimmering threads illuminate the connections that bind together every living thing on every level of being -- from the interpersonal, to the political, to the spiritual. This is exquisite, playful, intentional poetry -- and it just might be medicine for us all." -- Kai Cheng Thom, author of I HOPE WE CHOOSE LOVE: A Trans Girl's Notes From the End of the World
"What a hive of a book -- these poems are so urgent, gorgeous, and necessary. Re-Origin of Species is a siren's call and warning siren all at once." -- Leah Horlick, author of For Your Own Good
"Ranging from the sting of personal loss to navigating landscapes full of promise, Naccaratos poetry interrogates the place where the personal meets the wild." -- 2015 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award Jury
"What a hive of a book -- these poems are so urgent, gorgeous, and necessary. Re-Origin of Species is a siren's call and warning siren all at once." -- Leah Horlick, author of For Your Own Good
"Ranging from the sting of personal loss to navigating landscapes full of promise, Naccaratos poetry interrogates the place where the personal meets the wild." -- 2015 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award Jury
Alessandra Naccarato is a writer based between Salt Spring Island, BC, and Toronto, Ontario. She was the recipient of the 2017 CBC Poetry Prize and the 2015 Bronwen Wallace Award in Poetry from the Writers' Trust of Canada, runner-up for Event Magazine's Creative Non-Fiction Prize, and two-time finalist for the Edna Steabler Personal Essay Prize and Arc Magazine's Poem of Year Contest, as well as the Constance Rooke Creative Non-Fiction Prize, among other recognitions. Alessandra holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, and her poetry and nonfiction have appeared in literary magazines across Canada, including Room Magazine, EVENT, The New Quarterly, CV2, ARC Poetry Magazine, Poetry Is Dead, and elsewhere. She is the Managing Editor of Write Bloody North Publications, a newly released imprint of Write Bloody Publications (Los Angeles). Re-Origin of Species is her debut poetry collection
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| ISBN 13 | 9781771665421 |
| ISBN 10 | 1771665424 |
| Title | Re-Origin of Species |
| Author | Alessandra Naccarato |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Book*hug |
| Year published | 2019-09-16 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Prizes | Winner of AICW Bressani Literary Prize 2022 (Canada), Winner of CBC Poetry Prize 2017 (Canada), Winner of RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers (Canada)., Short-listed for Gerald Lampert Memorial Award 2020 (Canada) |
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