Lessons of Chaos and Disaster

by Catherine Black

Overview

A stunning collection of poems, these works explore moments of empathy in suffering, epiphany in ruin, and grace in surrender. In chronicling a journey from childhood grief through the dark rapture of love and longing, these translucent poems unveil vulnerability, uncertainty, and movement into the half-light of a new beginning.{Guernica Editions}

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781550717655
Publisher:	Guernica Editions Inc
Publication date:	11/01/2007
Series:	First Poets
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	361 KB

About the Author

Catherine Black has wandered her way back to Toronto where she was born and raised and now lives with her husband and son. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of writing at OCAD University. Black is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s M.F.A. writing program, and her poetry and fiction has appeared in various Canadian and American literary journals including The Fiddlehead, The Harpweaver, Scrivener Creative Review, Rhino, Preling and Palimpsest. Her first book of prose poetry, Lessons of Chaos and Disaster, was published as part of Guernica Editions’ First Poet Series in 2007. A Hard Gold Thread is her first prose work.