Past Imperfect

By Suzanne Buffam and Cleo Qian

Recalling Hopkins or Dickinson in their urgency, these poems seduce the reader into experiencing life's darkest moments while revealing unexpected shafts of light. In a voice that is at once confident, elegant, and doubtful, the author scans the world as if through the wrong end of a telescope, employing recurrent images and exploring obsessions to produce a remarkably exact account of remote, intimate dealings. I will have to explain myself to myself, she writes, but in doing so communicates a great deal about all of us.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887847269
• ISBN13: 9780887847264
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: House of Anansi Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.5"