new from above/ground press: missing matrilineal, by nina jane drystek

missing matrilineal
nina jane drystek
$5

               there is only

 

edge of knife
             tine of fork
                         spoon to eat grapefruit

                      flesh

my grandmother how me how to make the perfect shape

                       mirror of a nail
                       neck          line
                       needle      hem

hold pustule between finger & thumb
                        squash it with tongue         

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
August 2023
as part of above/ground press’ thirtieth anniversary
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy
[nina jane drystek will be launching this title in Ottawa as part of the above/ground press 30th anniversary reading/launch/party on August 12!]

cover image: Woman before a Mirror (1897) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

nina jane drystek is a poet, writer and performer based in Ottawa, unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. she is author of a:of:in (Gap Riot Press, 2021) and knewro suite (Simulacrum Press, 2019), and her poems have appeared in online and print publications, as well as in self-published chapbooks and broadsides. her original sound poem scores can be heard on bandcamp. she is one of the co-founders of Riverbed Reading Series, was shortlisted for the 2020 Bronwen Wallace Award for Poetry, writes collaborative poetry with VII – authors of holy disorder of being (Gap Riot, 2022) and Towers (Collusion Books, 2021) – and performs sound poetry with the rotating group of collaborators. if you have ever lived in the same city as her you have likely seen her riding a red or blue bicycle. you can find her @textcurious.

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