This Brighter Prison: A Book of Journeys

by Karen Connelly

In her first book of poetry since The Small Words in My Body , which won the Pat Lowther Prize for 1990, Karen Connelly writes, in the tradition of the writer-adventurer, of vivid encounters and reflections abroad and at home, continuing her pursuit of "living knowledge of the world." These poems enact journeys of the body and heart with candour and sensuous grace, catching the very texture of human experience in the lithe, muscular lines which have a cat-like metaphorical reach.

Genres: Poetry

112 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1993

About the author

Karen Connelly was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1969, to a large working class family. A lifelong writer and the author of a dozen books, she is also an educator, psychotherapist and the leader of the wonderful Olive Grove Retreats, which take place once or twice a year in her olive grove in Greece.

She lives and practices therapy in Toronto, Canada and in Greece, specializing in a neurobiological approach to healing using the eye-to-brain somatic therapy called OEI, often combining it with hypnotherapy. She works with many creative & gifted people.

In July, she hosts a week-long online retreat called The Healthy Writer (and Reader). Reach out through her website if you are interested in joining the group.

Karen has won national and international awards for her books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Her most recent poetry collection is Come Cold River; her most recent novel is The Change Room, published by PenguinRandom House. The Change Room was called “revolutionary and boundary-breaking” in its exploration of women’s sexuality and relationships. Her new work-in-progress is called The Therapist In The Olive Grove.
As well as the Orange Broadband Prize for her acclaimed novel The Lizard Cage, she’s received the Governor General’s Award for nonfiction, the Pat Lowther Award for poetry, a Chalmers Fellowship, several national magazine awards. Her books are published in a dozen countries and languages.