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I Dreamed I Was an Afterthought

by Allie Duff

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Guernica Editions
  • 12.7 x 20.3 x 0.8 cm

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A sometimes satirical reflection on hope in a time of hopelessness, the poems in I Dreamed I Was an Afterthought use stubborn humour to grapple with the anxiety of moving forward during late capitalism. While many of the poems are set in Newfoundland, the book also echoes the universal experience of loss, leaving, returns, and never being able to return. The first section of the manuscript, titled "Some Disasters," introduces real and imagined catastrophes. The St. Lawrence tidal wave, the history of resettlement, and the Muskrat Falls debacle stand next to poems that live in an imagined future where the capelin refuse to roll and snow refuses to fall. The second section is titled "I dreamed I was an afterthought." Here, the eclectic poems turn to a more personal perspective of place, my struggles with mental illness, and a feminist exploration of familial relationships. In "Of No Returns," movement through time and space is tinged with the same lurking fear of irreversibility, a fear which has been amplified during the pandemic. There is a yearning for the "before times," a time which may or may not exist.
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  • Author

    Allie Duff

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Guernica Editions

  • Published

    May 2024

  • Weight

    1g

  • Dimensions

    12.7 x 20.3 x 0.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781771838894

  • ISBN-10

    1771838892

  • Eden Code

    6481973

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