The Nights Also

Overview

The Nights Also is filled with fearless and insightful poems that explore one woman's experience of chronic illness, shifting sexual identity, and long periods of solitude. They chronicle a building and stripping away of identity, asking who we are when we can no longer define ourselves in habitual ways. The writing is as honest as it is complex, at once deep and pithy. Anna Swanson proves in the Nights Also that she is a brave new voice in Canadian Poetry. The book is the winner of the LAMBDA award for poetry, and the Gerald Lampert Canadian best first poetry collection award.

Reviews

" As meditations on illness, these are extraordinary - sad, undermining and sometimes, spiked with a sense of humour." - Tim Lilliburn, "These poems- intelligent, passionate, and beautifully executed - announce the arrival of a gifted poet, one I hope we will be hearing from for years to come." - Patricia Young

Author Biography

Anna Swanso studied creative writing at the University of Victoria and the Moemorial University of Newfoundland. Her poetry has appeared in The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2008, PRISM International, Grain, Prarie Fire, The Malahat Review and other literary journals. She lives in Vancouver BC and works as a children's librarian.