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Liepman Literary Agency
Marc Koralnik |
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| French | |
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LE TENDON ET L'OS
A POETRY COLLECTION THAT TELLS IT LIKE IT IS ABOUT
A MOTHER'S MIXED FEELINGS FOR HER YOUNG CHILD.
A MOTHER'S MIXED FEELINGS FOR HER YOUNG CHILD.
All the joy and unconditional love that comes with being a mother is tempered by the relationship of mutual dependency and the feeling of living with a parasite, the narrator muses in this tongue-in-cheek reflection on the darker side of motherhood.
EXCERPT
Since arrival
my child has neither grown nor changed
he's still this noisy and cumbersome little thing
I try to cut his hair but it always grows back the same way
he has to be bathed and fed or else his health will worsen
I've noticed that a few times
Anne-Marie Desmeules has a Master's degree in literary studies. As well as writing Cette personne très laide qui s'endort dans mes bras (This Ugly Person Asleep in My Arms, L'Hexagone, 2017), she has co-directed three multidisciplinary productions and had texts published in a number of literary journals.
EXCERPT
Since arrival
my child has neither grown nor changed
he's still this noisy and cumbersome little thing
I try to cut his hair but it always grows back the same way
he has to be bathed and fed or else his health will worsen
I've noticed that a few times
Anne-Marie Desmeules has a Master's degree in literary studies. As well as writing Cette personne très laide qui s'endort dans mes bras (This Ugly Person Asleep in My Arms, L'Hexagone, 2017), she has co-directed three multidisciplinary productions and had texts published in a number of literary journals.