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Book details
  • Genre:POETRY
  • SubGenre:Canadian / General
  • Language:English
  • Pages:148
  • Paperback ISBN:9781543921861

Limbo Babies

A Poetic Memoir

by JJ Goss

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Overview
Everything is a poem. Nothing is safe. Limbo Babies is a poetic journal based on memories of a life once thought to be normal.
Description
Everything is a poem. Nothing is safe. Limbo Babies is a poetic journey through a life of quiet humiliation, bad habits and mothering, suicide notes and an inconvenient death.
About the author
The work of jj goss , including some of the poems in this book, have previously appeared, in part or whole in publications such as Happy, The New England Writers Journal, Net Authors E2K, Babel, Branches Quarterly, Amarillo Bay, Lummox, 52%, Copious Lightening Bell, Writer's Monthly, Poetry Superhighway, Red Booth Review, Sometimes City, Seeker, Blindman's Rainbow, and Slow Train. Her short story, "Missing a Beat," was nominated for a 2001 Pushcart Prize. “The poems of jj goss read like a civil alarm siren; strident, unnerving, and leaving us wondering if we should flee or duck and cover. Her symbols are unpredictable and varied, yet serve to clearly illustrate her passions and fears. She does not shy away from tough subjects, exploring both intimate and cheap sexuality and relationships with the same probing voice.” - Unlikely Stories. jj goss lives happily with her husband in the Canadian Maritimes.