Questions I Asked My Mother

Winner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award (League of Canadian Poets).Nominated for the Governor-Generals Award for Poetry and the Dillons Commonwealth Poetry Prize. Di Brandts first book of poetry is a deep, cutting exploration of patriarchy within the Mennonite tradition.You can feel the warmth of the poets breath, sometimes gasping, sometimes singing, always affirming life itself. Read these poems. They will take your breath away.Magdalene Redekop