Elizabeth Ross’s Kingdom comes
June 24th, 2015
Born and raised in Victoria, Elizabeth Ross completed a BA with majors in English and creative writing at Vancouver Island University, followed by an MFA in creative writing at UBC. She has been a poetry editor of PRISM International and her work has been published in various literary magazines and anthologies including Best Canadian Poetry (Tightrope Books 2013).
Her book of poetry, Kingdom (Palimpsest Press 2015), takes a confessional approach in which she asks questions and argues with the answers. In her poem Prayer, Ross asks for all things a ‘good girl’ should aspire to be: “Raise me to cook a healthy diet. To write thank you letters. To set and unset the table. Carry things. Fetch things….” She continues her wish list to include avoiding boyfriends with long hair, to learn how to teach herself and how to respect others, but ends with the cryptical, “Teach me how to tell a lie.”
SEE PRISM INTERVIEW:
http://prismmagazine.ca/2010/12/07/prism-interviews-elizabeth-ross-poems-motherhood-and-poems-about-motherhood/
BOOKS
Kingdom (Palimpsest Press 2015) $18.95 978-1-926794-24-2
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