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Priscila Uppal


Born
in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 30, 1974

Died
September 05, 2018

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Genre
Poetry, Memoir


Priscila Uppal was a Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright. poet, academic, and professor of Humanities and English at the undergraduate and graduate levels at York University. She was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Toronto Arts Council. Her creative and academic interests frequently intersected and she has published work that explores the tensions and dynamics between women (particularly in closed societies: schools, nunneries), the nature of human violence, sexuality (including infertility), multicultural clashes (ethnic, religious, geographical), revisionist mythmaking (classical myth, biblical myth, historical figures), illness (physical, psychological, cultural), mourning rituals and the expression of grief (towards i ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 682 ratings · 128 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors
Projection: Encounters with...
3.64 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions
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The Divine Economy of Salva...
3.56 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions
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To Whom It May Concern
3.55 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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Cover Before Striking
3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions
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Winter Sport: Poems
3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2010
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Sabotage
3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions
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Traumatology
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Summer Sport: Poems
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Ontological Necessities
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6 Essential Questions
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