Real Grownup

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DescriptionIn her first new poetry collection in over a decade, Elizabeth Bachinsky returns with her characteristic cheekiness and sincerity. If Lorna Crozier, Susan Musgrave, Bron wen Wallace, Evelyn Lau or Joanne Arnott had been in the mosh pit at fifteen when Nirvana performed at the PNE Forum, this is what their poems might have looked like. In Real Grownup, Elizabeth Bachinsky plain-talks her way through the same gritty landscape that illuminated the poetry of her youth, but shows it from the perspective of a person at a waypoint in life, taking stock of the journey: birth, childhood, sex, loss, joy and death. This book is for those who have lived through everyday madness and want to look upon it with acceptance, humour and love. “This book is like translating Proust in the maternity ward!”–George Bowering“The poems in Real Grownup are a mixture of formal lyrics, blank verse, and prose poetry, all told in straightforward, accessible language.”–Steven W. Beattie, Quill & QuireDetails Nightwood EditionsISBN: 9780889714960Paperback / softback5.5 in x 8 in - 96 ppPublication Date: 10/03/2026BISAC Subject(s): POETRY / Canadian,POETRY / Women Authors,POETRY / Subjects & Themes / General Show more