 [ Large Image ] | This Kind of Thinking Does No Good Alison Smith 2018 / Canadian Poetry / $18.95 9781554471690 / Trade paper / 64 pp What will surprise you about Alison Smith’s poems is the tenaciousness that lies beneath their grace and wit, their unwillingness to concede the bittersweet complexity of human experience to either gross reduction or cowed silence. Exploring the domestic epics of relationships, childbirth, and parenting, as well as societal issues like patriarchy and justice, Smith discovers that often “we barely know how feelings think.” But if our stories sometimes elude us—like a skipping rope, where one end is “held slack / by skeptics, the other turned too fast”—Smith’s poems jump in and find expression’s rhythm. To purchase this title: Add it to your cart | Other Books by this Author |  | Fishwork, Dear Alison Smith 2010 / Poetry / $5.95 CAN 9781554470907 / Pamphlet / 16 pp |  | Six Mats and One Year Alison Smith 2003 / Poetry / $18.95 CAN 9781894031561 / Trade paper / 72 pp |  | The Wedding House Alison Smith 2001 / Poetry / $39.95 CAN 9781894031295 / Fine / 104 pp |  | The Wedding House Alison Smith 2001 / Poetry / $12.95 CAN 9781894031301 / Trade paper / 104 pp |
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