Interstitial

by Leesa Dean

The poems in Interstitial probe the porous nature of existence, examining the ways in which the world, the body, and the self are all liminal spaces. Writing in the interstitial time between the deaths of her parents, and using an array of forms and registers, Leesa Dean turns a clear eye on the difficulties of family secrets, grief that is solitary and grief that is shared, lost languages, and violence, recovery, and resilience. These poems move from injury to reconciliation, demonstrating that we are strongest when we allow our shared narratives to weave us into a greater constellation than our individual lives afford.

112 pages, Paperback

Published March 19, 2026

About the author

Leesa Dean is a Creative Writing professor at Selkirk College in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. When she's not teaching or writing, she could be doing a number of things such as learning banjo, fantasizing about living in a boat, organizing literary festivals, driving on gnarly logging roads to camp somewhere unbelievable, fishing, or listening to records at home.

Author photo by Ayelet Tsabari (http://ayelettsabari.wix.com/photography)