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Love and Bones
Remembrance and wonder imbue this debut collection of poetry that delves deep to explore "all that is carried in marrow" --from a child's memories of the family home to a grandparent's experience of the Holocaust. In poems about family and intimate relationships that are replete with rich images that reveal the complex tapestry of human connection and disconnection, Nish offers us the "eternal pictures" left behind by those we love. Fiona Tinwei Lam, author of Enter the Chrysanthemum (Caitlin Press) and Intimate Distances (Nightwood Editions) Love and Bones is aglow with every kind of love -- love of parents, love of the romantic other, love of children, love of cultural inheritance, love of poetry, love of the implacable mysteries of life. On every page of this book you will see how poems can give passionate utterance to the depth, intricacy, and power of authentic human feeling. You will see also how the signature note in these pieces is one of praise. Out of regret, dark recesses of sadness, and mourning come elation, affirmation, and transformative creative joy as in a kind of miracle. This is an utterly moving, nuanced collection full of images and lyrical turns that match the orders of emotion it evokes -- and mark it as an imaginative triumph. Russell Thornton, author of Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain (Harbour Publishing), The Human Shore (Harbour Publishing), House Built of Rain (Harbour Publishing) |
Author Bio
Bonnie’s love of words was instilled in her by her father at a young age. A poet and writer himself, he would recite poetry during their evening drives together. Bonnie’s journey into the world of literature was greatly influenced by his sensitivity to the wonders, beauty, and sufferings of the world.
Bonnie earned her bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Toronto and her Master’s in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University. She is currently enrolled in The European Graduate School, earning her PhD in Expressive Arts Therapy, learning to help people heal themselves with the power of words.
Not long after moving to Vancouver in 2001, Bonnie was one of the founders of Pandora’s Collective, a charitable organization dedicated to promoting Vancouver’s writing community. Bonnie was also the founder of both Vancouver’s Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival and the Twisted Poets Literary Salon, now in their 10th year. As well, she began and continues to run weekly and monthly writing workshops in local schools, the Jewish Community Centre, and drug rehabilitation centers. For these, and her countless other contributions to the writing community, Bonnie has received numerous awards, including the Writers International Network’s (W.I.N.) 2013 People’s Laureate Award and Dr. Asha Bhargava Memorial Award.
‘Love and Bones’ is Bonnie’s first full book of poetry
Author Bio by Harreson Sito of Karma Press
Book Editors: Evelyn Lau, Mary Duffy, Sita Carboni
Publisher: Karma Presshttp://karmapress.com/
Book Cover Art: Mark L Tompkins
Author Portraits: Andrew Bagoly
Indiegogo Video: Cate Duffy
Indiegogo Campaign: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/love-and-bones-by-bonnie-nish-book-launch-and-tour
Contact: blnish_pandoras@yahoo.ca
Bonnie’s love of words was instilled in her by her father at a young age. A poet and writer himself, he would recite poetry during their evening drives together. Bonnie’s journey into the world of literature was greatly influenced by his sensitivity to the wonders, beauty, and sufferings of the world.
Bonnie earned her bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Toronto and her Master’s in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University. She is currently enrolled in The European Graduate School, earning her PhD in Expressive Arts Therapy, learning to help people heal themselves with the power of words.
Not long after moving to Vancouver in 2001, Bonnie was one of the founders of Pandora’s Collective, a charitable organization dedicated to promoting Vancouver’s writing community. Bonnie was also the founder of both Vancouver’s Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival and the Twisted Poets Literary Salon, now in their 10th year. As well, she began and continues to run weekly and monthly writing workshops in local schools, the Jewish Community Centre, and drug rehabilitation centers. For these, and her countless other contributions to the writing community, Bonnie has received numerous awards, including the Writers International Network’s (W.I.N.) 2013 People’s Laureate Award and Dr. Asha Bhargava Memorial Award.
‘Love and Bones’ is Bonnie’s first full book of poetry
Author Bio by Harreson Sito of Karma Press
Book Editors: Evelyn Lau, Mary Duffy, Sita Carboni
Publisher: Karma Presshttp://karmapress.com/
Book Cover Art: Mark L Tompkins
Author Portraits: Andrew Bagoly
Indiegogo Video: Cate Duffy
Indiegogo Campaign: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/love-and-bones-by-bonnie-nish-book-launch-and-tour
Contact: blnish_pandoras@yahoo.ca