Monstrance bears witness to the possibility of hope and faith in an uncertain world. These poems unflinchingly acknowledge the devastation of fear and hostility, but they also marvel when “light bounces off the breakfast plates,” or “the sewing-machine-stitch spoor of a pocket mouse appears” in the snow. Sarah Klassen looks past the particularities of the ordinary and reaches for the sacred.
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Sarah Klassen
Acclaimed fiction writer (The Peony Season), poet (Simone Weil: Songs of Hunger and Love, Dangerous Elements, Journey to Yalta,); and editor (Poets in the Classroom), Sarah Klassen was born in Manitoba's Interlake, and currently resides in Winnipeg. The author of eight books, she has won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award (Journey to Yalta), the High Plains Award for fiction (A Feast of Longing), and the National Magazine gold Award for Poetry. Her work was nominated for: the McNally Robinson book of the Year Award, the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, and the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry. Monstrance is her most recent collection of poetry. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Winnipeg. Aside from writing, she has taught English in the public school system in Winnipeg, and at summer institutes in Lithuania and Ukraine.
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