Sublunary by Lisa Richter
In Sublunary, Lisa Richter explores what it’s like to live “under the moon” in a world that is simultaneously a heartbreak and a total wonder. Sweetmeats and ocelots rain from the sky. Pets are shadow puppets. A kitten impersonates a teacup. A grieving daughter travels back in time to be at her father’s side in the final hours of his life. Newlyweds soar over the rooftops of west-end Toronto, passing a violin-playing goat along the way. From Atlantis to Mount Olympus to Christie Pits, these poems interweave moments of absurdity and awe, creating a nuanced portrait of what “a reckless intimacy with the world” might look like—for better or worse. Sublunary is a book of elegy, play, and rupture that advocates for an ethics of care, solidarity, and compassion for our perfectly imperfect selves and each other: a mode of survival that is full-throated and, at times, even joyous.
Lisa Richter is an award-winning poet, writer, and educator. She is the author of two full-length poetry collections, Closer to Where We Began and Nautilus and Bone, winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry, the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry (US), and the Robert Kroetsch Award, among other honours. Her work has been longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize, named a finalist for a National Magazine Award, and has been published widely in literary journals and anthologies, including Best Canadian Poetry 2024, Plenitude, The Fiddlehead, and The Malahat Review, among others. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and makes her home in Tkaronto/Toronto, where she is currently working on a hybrid-genre memoir.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781772128543 |
| ISBN 10 | 1772128546 |
| Title | Sublunary |
| Author | Lisa Richter |
| Series | Robert Kroetsch Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Alberta Press |
| Year published | 2026-03-10 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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