Plimsoll Lines

Plimsoll Lines are the marks on the side of a ship's hull to which vessels can be safely loaded. These words become lyric and capture the "unbearable lightness" of the poetic word coupled with the playful metaphor of floating. Mounsef utilizes both these individual poems and the overall collection to drift the reader around themes of wandering, water, and wanting. The collection argues in favor of a return to the word and cultural meditations of language, politics, and the body in a world dominated by the visual and the mediated. Mounsef pushes past borders and combines the abstraction of French, the symbolism of Arabic, and the immediacy of English in a grand tour of the places that poetry can bring the reader.

About the author

Donia Mounsef is a Canadian-Lebanese poet, playwright and dramaturge. She splits her time between Toronto and Edmonton where she teaches theatre and poetry at the University of Alberta. She is the author of Slant of Arils (Damaged Goods Press, 2015). Her writing has been published and anthologized in print and online in The Toronto Quarterly, Bluestem, Yes Poetry, Gutter Eloquence, Poetry Quarterly, Skin 2 Skin, Iris Brown, Lavender Review, Linden Avenue, Gravel, 40 Below Anthology, among others.

Product details

• Authors: Donia Mounsef, Mounsef Donia
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.02.2018
• EAN: 9781988214214
• ISBN: 978-1-988214-21-4
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 141 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Poetry, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, POETRY / LGBTQ+, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, Poetry; Canada; Lebanese; Politics; Alberta