Dipped in Shadow - Harris, Claire
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In five boldly inventive poems, Claire Harris probes factual accounts of incest, violence, and the atrocities of war and disease with intellect, craft, and searing emotion. She challenges her sisters of all races to confront, not just their victimhood, but their contribution to these outrages and their responsibility to end them. Dipped in Shadow will shake readers to their foundations.

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In five boldly inventive poems, Claire Harris probes factual accounts of incest, violence, and the atrocities of war and disease with intellect, craft, and searing emotion. She challenges her sisters of all races to confront, not just their victimhood, but their contribution to these outrages and their responsibility to end them. Dipped in Shadow will shake readers to their foundations.
Autorenporträt
Claire Harris is a Canadian poet of Trinidadian background who has produced eight collections of poems since her first volume, Fables from the Women's Quarters (1984), which won the Commonwealth Award for Poetry for the Americas Region. First released in 1992, Drawing Down a Daughter was nominated for the Governor General's Award for Poetry. Her work has been included in more than 70 anthologies and has been translated into German and Hindi. Claire Harris was born in Trinidad, West Indies, studied at University College, Dublin, where she earned a BA Honours in English. She came to Canada in 1966 and settled in Calgary. In 1975, during a study leave in Nigeria, she first wrote for publication and was encouraged by Nigerian poet, J.P. Clark. She also earned a diploma in communications from the University of Lagos, Nigeria (1975). After returning to Canada, Harris became active in the literary community in Calgary working as poetry editor at Dandelion from 1981-1989 and helping to found the all-Alberta magazine, blue buffalo, in 1983. She taught grade nine English in Calgary's Separate School system for 28 years, influencing generations of young people. Claire Harris is now retired and lives in Winnipeg.