Description:
In My Mother Joins the Resistance, Harrison considers his mother's life - from her time as a child during WWII's Operation Pied Piper, up until its end, in 2017, when terminally ill with cancer, she chose MAiD - with elegant, deeply felt poetry.
Brief description:
Richard Harrison is the author of seven books of poetry, including the Governor General's Award-winning On Not Losing My Father's Ashes in the Flood. He teaches English and Creative Writing at Mount Royal University in Calgary, where he lives with his wife, Lisa.
Review Quotes:
"The beauty in this book, what brings it close to being a gem, is the writer's ability to craft a vision of his inner struggle through personal dilemma that jointly allows the reader to address their own internal inquiry. That vulnerability, that openness, is what makes the poems in this volume ring."
--Sharon Berg "League of Canadian Poets on On Not Losing My Father's Ashes in the Flood"