Nought

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Nought, a new collection of poetry from Governor General’s Literary Award finalist Julie Joosten, explores the intersections of body, identity, and love. These poems, in all their passions, inhabit the unfastened “and” of capacious loves and allegiances, refusing to choose between them; in Nought, thought comes alive through the materiality of body and experience, neurology and metaphysics entangled with sentient physicality—skin, eyes, mouths. Throughout, Joosten grapples with form and rhythm, crafting work that is intimately perceptive; that pulses and teems with life.

In Nought, experience—from resistance to love and all points between—is constantly surprising and utterly enchanting. It will alter your perception and construction of, and attention to, yourself and the surrounding world.

Contributors

Julie Joosten

Julie Joosten’s first book, Light Light, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry, the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, and the Goldie Award. She won the Malahat Review Long Poem Contest in 2011. She lives and writes in Toronto on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Chapter Title Contents Contributors Pages Year Price

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Nest – Necklace – Swoon Revolt 26 $2.60

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On Nothing – For Nor – Love Poem 20 $2.00

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"Of Ground, or Air, or Ought" 20 $2.00

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Dear Friend – Second-Hand 22 $2.20

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.touch – Silence, an index – [whose hair is yellower than torchlight] – On Anemones 21 $2.10

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This, Seeded in a Glance 21 $2.10

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In this section the author writes about reading and thinking about styles of perceiving and being, a perceptual style. Includes endnotes for this essay. 9 $0.90