Instruments of Surrender

"This is poetry as archeology. With her distinctive and intricate instruments, Christine Wiesenthal and unearths a turmoil of spinning laundry, lyrics by Kurty Weill, caragana, and 'the liquid look of a ptarmigan." She turns an acute microscope on each discovery and translates her findings in a language that's gloriously enraptured, with itself and--more crucially--with the world." "(Stephanie Bolster) Christine Wiesenthal lives in Edmonton, where she teaches at the University of Alberta. This is her first collection of poetry.