By turns angry, powerful, visceral, evocative, and ultimately hopeful, this modern retelling of Joan of Arc in linked poems casts her as a prairie-born Jeanne Dark. In tough, tender lyrical language filled with imagery and magic, the protagonist explores sexual politics, feminism, gender identity, and how we make meaning of life.
DEE Hobsbawn-Smith is an award-winning Saskatchewan-based poet, essayist, food writer, fiction writer, and journalist. Her poetry, novels, short stories are sometimes influenced by her background as a chef and local food advocate. She lives and works just outside Saskatoon where she served as the Saskatoon Public Library’s 35th Writer in Residence.