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Invasive Species is the eagerly awaited debut collection from poet Claire Caldwell. In these poems the calamities of climate change and the dangers of the natural world are juxtaposed against the intimacies of daily life. You will hear the voice of a woman, mauled to death by a bear, asking only to be remembered for her courage. Wildcats invade condominium balconies. A girl learns how natural it feels to hold a shotgun. And in Osteogenesis, the prize-winning final sequence, you will hear the beautifully entwined stories of a student named M, a medical school cadaver, a pair of young lovers and the body of a blue whale decomposing at the bottom of the sea. Caldwell renders all of these improbable connections in startlingly original verse, alive with compassion and wit.

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?A different beast altogether?these linked lyric poems are replete with vivid imagery and well-researched facts and place emphasis on the intimate details of physical science while never losing sight of the social drama at their core.? ? from the judges? citation for the Long Poem Prize, Malahat Review

?A different beast altogether?these linked lyric poems are replete with vivid imagery and well-researched facts and place emphasis on the intimate details of physical science while never losing sight of the social drama at their core.? ? from the judges? citation for the Long Poem Prize, Malahat Review Caldwell's poems are skillful in their ability to investigate large topics like climate change in a relatable and interesting way. The poems are often full of dissonance and strange juxtapositions that reflect our relationships with the planet and each other. - Hunger Mountain These poems are as poignant, assured and cagey as poetry gets. Caldwell shows an incredible deftness for building the tension and emotion in a poem up to a pulverizing finish. On several occasions, her closing lines left me short of breath. - Free Range Reading Caldwell plays with our imagination like a puppet-master, or a cat with a mouse. This is careful, precise poetry that rolls on the page as if it were being riffed on the spot, live and mercurial. - Michael Dennis

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Claire Caldwell is a poet and editor living in Toronto. She was the 2013 winner of the Malahat Review's Long Poem Prize, and her work has appeared in many magazines and journals, including Maisonneuve/and Prism International. Claire holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph.

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