The Corpses of the Future

by Lynn Crosbie

The Corpses of the Future is a sustained, confessional new collection of poems by Lynn Crosbie. It tells the story of her father's battle with frontotemporal dementia and blindness, following a stroke. The poems chronologically recount the poet's conversations and time with her father, and capture his still-astonishing means of communicating. The book's title is his, sardonic, remark. Crosbie considers, strategically, dementia to be a symbolic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487000901
• ISBN13: 9781487000905
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: House of Anansi Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 7.9"