Sanatorium Songs

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By (author): Marc Di Saverio

Iterative, inventive, and frenetic, the poems in Marc di Saverio’s Sanatorium Songs bridge the rift between what’s seen and what’s experienced by the mentally ill. It’s with altruism and joy that di Saverio’s work transforms the rules of civic engagement while he probes manifold states of consciousness. At times harrowing, but always human, Sanatorium Songs is a fully realized poetic debut.

AUTHOR

Marc Di Saverio

Marc di Saverio hails from Hamilton, Canada. His poems and translations have appeared in such outfits as Maisonneuve, CNQ, Hazlitt, Event, and The Fiddlehead. In Issue 92 of Canadian Notes and Queries, Di Saverio’s Sanatorium Songs (2013) was hailed as “the greatest poetry debut from the past 25 years.” In 2016, he received the City of Hamilton Arts Award for Best Emerging Writer. In 2017, his work was broadcasted on BBC Radio 3, his debut became a best seller in both Canada and the United States, and he published his first book of translations: Ship of Gold: The Essential Poems of Émile Nelligan (Vehicule Press). His epic poem, Crito Di Volta, was released in 2020 to great acclaim.