Named and Nameless

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In this new collection of poetry, Susan McCaslin explores the meaning and significance of identity and all that can be found in a name, or, lack thereof. Mixing the personal with the societal, McCaslin explores her own past and women’s continued role in child-rearing. This dreamlike series of encounters with nature and the divine invites deep reflection through re-discovering the familiar. Her joyful wordplay invites us to notice the tiniest details and contemplate the divine.

AUTHOR

Susan McCaslin

SUSAN MCCASLIN is the author of thirteen volumes of poetry including The Disarmed Heart (The St. Thomas Poetry Series, 2014) and Demeter Goes Skydiving (University of Alberta Press, 2011). The latter was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Award and was first-place winner of the Alberta Book Publishing Award. She has published a volume of essays, Arousing the Spirit (Wood Lake Books, 2011) and a memoir, Into the Mystic: My Years with Olga (Inanna Publications, 2014). A lover of poetry, visual art, trees, mountains and sea, Susan divides her time between Victoria and Fort Langley, BC.