Unravel

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‘Unravel’ addresses our universal experiences of time and place, and how those places shape who and what we are. ‘Unravel’ challenges our sometimes-complacent perceptions and justifies what we all hold dear: an address and an identity.

“Armstrong pushes the potential of the lyric into darker places, inside the seams of bar booths, where things get lost.” – The Georgia Straight

AUTHOR

Tammy Armstrong

Tammy Armstrong grew up in St. Stephen, New Brunswick and lived in Vancouver, BC for several years, where she earned a BA and an MFA from the University of British Columbia. She currently lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Armstrong has two books of poetry published with Anvil Press: ‘Unravel’ and ‘Bogman’s Music’ (a Governor General’s Literary Award nominee). Her poems have appeared in the following publications: ‘The Antigonish Review’, ‘Event’, ‘The Fiddlehead’, ‘Grain’, ‘The Malahat Review’, ‘Pottersfield Portfolio’, ‘Prairie Fire’, ‘Room of One’s Own’, ‘subTerrain’, ‘TickleAce’, and ‘Zygote’. “A Proper Burial for Song Birds” placed third in the League of Canadian Poets’ National Poetry Contest, Vintage 2000. “If In a Marriage to a Car Salesman” and “Clam Bake 1974” were performed on International Women’s Day 2000 at the National Art Gallery.