Nostos

By (author): Tracy Wai de Boer

i came from the sea / first on fins then on fours

 

Taking its title from Ancient Greek, Tracy Wai de Boer’s Nostos is a hero’s journey rooted in the quest for selfhood from elemental beginnings to an unknowable end. “Nostos” translates to homecoming and is one of the root words of nostalgia; the other, “algos,” means pain, making nostalgia a painful return home. This etymology acts as guide for de Boer’s “i” when she imagines homecoming as less a moment of arrival and more about desire to move through pain and mystery in the formation of self. Nostos is an essential debut from one of Canada’s fastest rising poets.

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icame from the sea first on fins then on fours

Taking its title from Ancient Greek Tracy Wai de BoersNostosis a heros journey rooted in the quest for selfhood from elemental beginnings to an unknowable end Nostos translates to homecoming and is one of the root words of nostalgia the other algos means pain making nostalgia a painful return home This etymology acts as guide for de Boers i when she imagines homecoming as less a moment of arrival and more about desire to move through pain and mystery in the formation of selfNostosis an essential debut from one of Canadas fastest rising poets



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Dimensions:

Pages
8.50in * 5.50in * 1.00in
200.00gr

Published:

May 15, 2025

Publisher:

Palimpsest Press

ISBN:

9781990293931

Book Subjects:

POETRY / Women Authors

Language:

eng

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