Poetics of Desire

By (author): Nadine McInnis

In this study of Dorothy Livesay’s love poetry, Nadine McInnis focuses on Livesay’s maturing sense of herself as an artist, exploring the sexual/ ­textual conflicts present in much of Livesay’s love poetry and their later ­resolution.”McInnis is an important young poet. Poetics of Desire is a perceptive and persuasive account of Livesay’s lifelong poetic struggle with the personal and social implications of love.”–David Staines, Editor, Journal of Canadian Poetry

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Nadine McInnis

Nadine McInnis was born in Belleville, Ontario in September, 1957, and grew up in Toronto and Ottawa. She attended Colonel By Secondary School, where she began a lifelong friendship with the novelist, playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald. She studied English Literature at the University of Ottawa, and after spending two years on Thunderchild Reserve, Saskatchewan and another two years on a farm near Livelong, Saskatchewan, she returned to Ottawa. She has two children, Nadia (born 1982) and Owen(born 1988), and is married to Tim Fairbairn. Among her seven books, Two Hemispheres (Brick, 2007) was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther and ReLit Awards, and is a book-length poetic exploration of illness and health partially inspired by the first medical photographs of women patients of the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum in 1850. Ten photos are included. McInnis’ work has appeared in a variety of journals, including The Malahat Review, The New Quarterly, Event, and Room of One’s Own. McInnis has published widely in magazines in Canada and is a past winner of a CBC literary award and the Ottawa Book Award. She joined the faculty of Algonquin College in 2006, after working as a policy analyst in the Canadian federal government where she focused on the publishing industries in Canada.

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In this study of Dorothy Livesay’s love poetry, Nadine McInnis focuses on Livesay’s maturing sense of herself as an artist, exploring the sexual/ ­textual conflicts present in much of Livesay’s love poetry and their later ­resolution.”McInnis is an important young poet. Poetics of Desire is a perceptive and persuasive account of Livesay’s lifelong poetic struggle with the personal and social implications of love.”–David Staines, Editor, Journal of Canadian Poetry

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Dimensions:

114 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * 1in
1lb

Published:

January 16, 1994

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Turnstone Press

ISBN:

9780888011817

Book Subjects:

LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian

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Language:

eng

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