Farah Ghafoor and Terese Mason Pierre at Flying Books at Neverland
Flying Books
Lee Suksi - lee@flyingbooks.ca - 416532-8552
Join us on Tuesday, May 27th, from 630 - 8 pm at Flying Books at Neverland (map) for an opportunity to hear from poets Farah Ghafoor and Terese Mason Pierre. The authors will chat on debuting and craft, and then be available for signing and mingling. Come enjoy some tea or wine and a browse with the poets!
Admission is free, but please RSVP.
Farah Ghafoor's Shadow Price
What gives life value? How do we serve existing societal structures that determine its cost? Employing both surreal and documentary imagery, Farah Ghafoor's arresting collection articulates how narrative is used to revise the past and manipulate the future, ultimately forming our present-day climate crisis. Interrogating personal complicity, generational implications, and the shock of our collective disregard for a world that sustains every living thing, Shadow Price captures the complexities of living and writing as a young poet born in the year that “climate change denial” first appeared in print. Mourning the loss of Earth’s biodiversity, from insects to mammoths to trees, these introspective poems invite us to consider the risks and rewards of loving what may vanish in our lifetime. Shadow Price charges readers to contemplate their power and purpose in the world today, recognizing that there is hope even in the belly of the beast.
Terese Mason Pierre's Myth
Pierre’s poems never stray too long or too far from the spell of unspoiled nature: “The palm trees nod / at the ocean / the ocean does / what it always does / trusts the moon completely.” Friends ‘with benefits’ tour the wonders of Grenada’s landscapes; extraterrestrials visit the Caribbean and the locals don’t seem phased; red birds “saunter airily like tourists,” La Diablesse lures helpless suitors to their dooms. This collection asks: How can myths manifest themselves in our daily lives? What do we actually mean when we say we love ourselves and others? And how do we pursue/create futures that honour our truths, histories and legacies?
