Tanis MacDonald
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A feminist crow at a history of violence, Tall, Grass, Girl is essential reading for those who are tired of healing narratives that ring hollow, but w
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ho also believe hope is curative.
In this searingly honest lyrical collection, Tanis MacDonald examines living in the space between belonging and non-belonging, between victimhood and bold survivorship. She makes no apologies and pulls no punches, taking us on a journey through adoption and assault, to subsequent escapes, and eventually, into full-feathered survivor joy.
This book contends that making one's way to tenderness can take years, that a good life can come from harsh beginnings, that feeling crazy in an impossible world is more than normal--it's necessary. Surviving the past can be hard work, and to grow tall, to push past expectations, is to become a person who can refuse and thrive. These poems are a moving testament to remembering oneself via harsh and beautiful terrain, to transmuting past violence, and to finding one's way back to being a tall, grassy girl self.
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