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Raising fish teaches a poet to love a fragile world.
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Pin Bones

Poems

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  • Paperback

    112 pages

  • Release Date

    11 May 2027

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Summary

What does it mean to care for something you cannot save?

In the wake of personal loss and disrupted dreams, and amid the global uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, a poet arrives at a small land-based fish farm. There, she learns to do everything: spawning fish, picking eggs, feeding and tending fry, alevins, finger-length trout, Arctic char, and full-grown fish; cleaning tanks and raceways; harvesting what she has helped raise.

As the seasons turn, the farm…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781771684934
ISBN-10:1771684933
Author:Maaike VanderMeer
Publisher:Central Avenue Publishing
Imprint:Central Avenue Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:11 May 2027
Weight:97g
Dimensions:152mm x 210mm
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Pin Bones by Maaike VanderMeer - ISBN: 9781771684934
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Critics Review

“Lyrical, potent, white-hot. This collection burns in the best way.” — Joy Sullivan, author of Instructions for Traveling West

About The Author

Maaike VanderMeer

Maaike VanderMeer is a poet, writer, and artist. Her favorite things include black tea and big questions. She lives in Vancouver, where she is earning her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. Maaike is co-editor of Christian Courier, an independent Canadian news publication, and the publisher of A Broken Tulip. Pin Bones is her debut poetry collection.

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