Grappling Hook

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Taking its title from Tomas Tranströmer, Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiangs Grappling Hook sifts the debris of the twenty-first century for insights into identity, desire, and the everyday struggles inherent to motherhood. In doing so, she presents vivid portraits of the joys and perils of marriage, the evolving fight for social justice in a world divided by inequity, and the uncertain future thatss left for children of the digital age. Grappling Hook is an impressive display of Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiangs considerable poetic gifts, and a love letter to those who are making meaningful change in unprecedented times.

AUTHOR

Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang

Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang is the author of the poetry books Status Update (2013), which was nominated for the Pat Lowther Award, and the Gerald Lampert award-winning Sweet Devilry (2011). Her work has been longlisted (2018) and shortlisted (2019) for the CBC Poetry Prize, as well as the UKs Forward Award (2020), and has appeared in anthologies such as Best of the Best Canadian Poetry. She currently works as the Poetry Editor for Arc Poetry Magazine and the Creative Director for Poetry In Voice.

Reviews

Sarah Tsiang dissects our domestic intimacies with such a gorgeous blade. Funny, mature, unnerving, and tender, the poems in this book accomplish a brilliant balance between edges of love and violence.Sadiqa de Meijer, author of The Outer Wards