Authors	Michelle Brown
Publisher	Palimpsest Press
Publication Year	2018

ISBN: 9781926794723

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Safe Words

Name: Safe Words
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From a student’s confrontation with a teenage streaker, to a company man’s complete undoing at his summer party, Michelle Brown’s Safe Words finds rich darkness in happy partnerships. A maiden name is “handed down / like a sweater”, a taxi ride “ends… at someone else’s life”. Played against a backdrop of pop culture, late-night swagger and vivid imaginary landscapes, Safe Words is the rare poetic debut that delivers passion and control, wielding humour and empathy in equal parts.

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Michelle Brown

Originally from Victoria, BC, Michelle Brown lives in Toronto with her husband and three-legged dog Bo. Safe Words is her first full-length collection.

Chapter	Contributors	Pages	Year	Price
Safe Words Safe Words – Sixteen – Altar Girls – Streaker – Daily Routine – On not becoming famous – All the parties I’ve ever been to – Invasive Species … View	Michelle Brown	25	2018	$2.50
Dark Sides Dark Sides – Hello, it’s me – Cave of Illusions – Double – ‘You meant nothing’ was said – If not x then why – Take me anywhere or actually … View	Michelle Brown	13	2018	$1.30
Home Alone home alone – Company Picnic – Ebb – Father, on a camping trip, refuses to leave his tent – Restaurant Review – Boy, on the nonexistence of the Triceratops – … View	Michelle Brown	11	2018	$1.10
Having Done My Penance, Let's try this Thing Again Having Done my Penance, Let’s try this Thing Again – Dog Farm – Twenty-seven – When you go out in the world today – Energizer – Vows – In the kitchen … View	Michelle Brown	10	2018	$1.00

Safe Words

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Michelle Brown

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