No Grave For This Place

by Judy Quinn, Donald Winkler (Translator)

A rogue moose wanders into a suburb near Quebec city, tramples lawns and gardens, stumbles in and out of a swimming pool, is tracked by three gun toting heads of family who shoot it down just as a school bus goes by wherein a little girl is trilling “Three Little Kittens.” Thus begins No Grave For This Place. Here “streets are landing strips / for planes that will never arrive,” the dead “descend / the steps of prefab houses / champagne flutes in their hands,” and a pack of cats “throws itself on the electric fences / surrounding our inner lives.” Quinn’s voice will resonate with all those who have, by association or from experience, tasted the cultural barrenness that can underlie civilized life.

72 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2021

Reviews

[Anthony Lacroix]

« il y a des maisons si chaudes
que le coeur déteint »

[Alexandre · Rating 2 out of 5]

Je devais lire ce recueil de poésie pour un cours de littérature au cégep, j'ai maintenant littéralement envi de me tuer quand je penses que je dois analyser cette compilation de... poèmes?

Je comprend que la poésie c'est pas pour tout le monde, mais ça.. wtf? Un gros cadavre exquis hypermoderne, power trip d'écriture aléatoire, 88 pages qui veulent pas dire grand chose..

Bref, je l'ai revisité 4 fois, et c'est toujours autant flou pour moi.

RIP mon travail de littérature.