Poetry. Humane ethnographer, passionate memoirist, lyricist of the acute moment, Lorri Neilsen Glenn explores a full range of poetic possibilities in her second collection of poetry entitled COMBUSTION. Her poems engage their subjects with wits and senses on full alert, whether the occasion is an encounter with the full moon during a lonely drive across the prairies, a raucous community dance at the oldest dance hall in the Maritimes, or the opening of a door into "the small town outside." This work welcomes the reader into a place where the strange is made familiar and the familiar reveals its own magic.

Author City: Halifax, NS CAN

Originally from Western Canada, Lorri Neilsen Glenn now lives in Halifax and spends her summers in Saskatchewan. The author of many academic books and three books of poetry--All the Perfect Disguises (Broken Jaw Press, 2003), COMBUSTION (Brick Books, 2007), and LOST GOSPELS (Brick Books, 2010)--she served as Poet Laureate for Halifax from 2005-2009.