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Wolf sonnets

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    Publisher:
    Signal Editions, the poetry imprint at Véhicule Press, 2022

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  • Author: LaRose, R. P.
    Date:
    Created
    2022
    Summary:

    In his commanding poetry debut, Wolf Sonnets, R. P. LaRose undoes the sonnet's classical constraints, retooling the form for current political circumstances. Packed with family lore, these poems reflect on how deeply we can trust the terms we use to construct our identity. A proud citizen of the Métis Nation, LaRose even questions his right to identify as such: "I was made in someone else's home," he writes. Wolf Sonnets is verse obsessed with names, infinity, numbers, categories, and interconnectedness. Depicting his ancestors as wolves--symbols of survival and protection--LaRose bring fresh insight to his wider poetic project: castigating the inequality, greed, and racism inherent to colonialism.

    Subject(s): Canadian poetry
    Original Publisher: Montréal, Québec, Canada, Signal Editions, the poetry imprint at Véhicule Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781550656091, 1550656090