Poetry. Sue Goyette's OUTSKIRTS is a tour de force. Its originality lies in Goyette's refusal of despair, her conviction that the connections among people, their conversation, curiosity, empathy and awe, can help us see a way forward. Her aim is to find energy in human love, a way to walk the darkness rather than hide from it. This book will name you, and frighten you; make you laugh, and arm you for what is to come.
Author City: HALIFAX, NS CAN
Sue Goyette's first two collections, The True Names of Birds and Undone, were nominated for the Governor General's, Lowther, and Lampert Awards, the Globe 100, and the Atlantic Poetry Prize. Her novel, Lures (HarperCollins), was shortlisted for the Thomas Head Raddall Award. A selection from OUTSKIRTS won a 2008 CBC Literary Award. She teaches creative writing at Dalhousie University.