Linger, Still

by Aislinn Hunter

Aislinn Hunter writes of impossibilities that somehow function; of the tenuous interrelations that comprise our experience. Grounded by the questions "how to be good, how to be," Hunter's field of inquiry ranges across domestic, ecological, literary and philosophical subjects. Her poems are exclamations of recognition in the midst of caginess. This collection reaches for, and grasps, "what lists under every pose: the hope / that someone will love us".

Genres: Poetry

112 pages, Paperback

Published April 15, 2017

About the author

Aislinn Hunter is the author of six books: two books of poetry, three books of fiction and a book of lyric essays. She is a contributing editor at Arc Magazine and has contributed to numerous anthologies. She has a BFA in The History of Art and in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria, an MFA from The University of British Columbia, an MSc in Writing and Cultural Politics from The University of Edinburgh and is currently finishing a PhD in English Literature at Edinburgh. She teaches Creative Writing part-time at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and lives in Vancouver with her husband Glenn and two Border collies.

Reviews

[Andrea Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Linger, Still by Aislinn Hunter will linger in my memory and sets my creative wheels in motion. The deep contemplative style of the writing slows one down, brings the reader into the moment and gives one pause to think of one’s existence. This is a collection of poems that does what I believe poetry is meant to do. To take you into the deeper meaning of your life. There is need to examine the bare bones of your thoughts and your beliefs. This is now to be on my list of poetry books to purchase in order to read it again and again. Beautiful narratives unfold in each part of this collection, you will want to wade or wander back in to Linger, Still.

[Hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gaspereau Press makes such beautiful books and the fox illustration on the cover was so pretty it made me buy this without looking inside first

[Madelaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

2018 Reading Challenge, Book #22 - A book by a local author