If I Were A River - Fiszer, Doris
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'If I Were a River' not only explores personal and universal themes of illness, death, grief and forgiveness, it also transports the reader into a surrealistic dreamscape where deceased family members appear, disappear and often offer comic relief and spiritual guidance. These poems reflect on significant childhood memories that shaped the author's life coupled with her urgency to piece together these fragmentary remembrances before they shift and vanish. 'If I Were a River' is a testament to the author's resilience during a period of uncertainty and her innate yearning for human connection and joy.…mehr

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'If I Were a River' not only explores personal and universal themes of illness, death, grief and forgiveness, it also transports the reader into a surrealistic dreamscape where deceased family members appear, disappear and often offer comic relief and spiritual guidance. These poems reflect on significant childhood memories that shaped the author's life coupled with her urgency to piece together these fragmentary remembrances before they shift and vanish. 'If I Were a River' is a testament to the author's resilience during a period of uncertainty and her innate yearning for human connection and joy.
Autorenporträt
Doris Fiszer's first poetry book, Locked in Different Alphabets was a finalist for the 2021 Archibald Lampman Award. She was the recipient of the 2017 John Newlove Poetry Award and Tree Press's 2016 Chapbook Award for The Binders which was also nominated for the bpNichol Chapbook Award. Her poems have been published in various anthologies and journals in Canada and the United States. She completed a Bachelor's and a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Ottawa and was a professor of Business Communications and English as a Second Language at Algonquin College. She lives in Ottawa with her husband Bruce. If I Were A River is her second poetry collection.