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Poetry. BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN WITH PET FOXES by Giller Prize- longlisted author Jennifer LoveGrove bears witness to moments of extreme crisis that will take you on an odyssey through a terrain of startling dreamscapes. These are poems haunted by the ghosts of alienation, trauma, delusion, and fear that the past decade has instilled in us. Here you will encounter a whole host of personas, both tame and wild—from humans, to foxes, moose, deer and crows, slugs, fish, beetles, mosquitos, earthworms, and more—who give voice to the things we can't express in our daily lives. "LoveGrove's poetry apprentices itself to the world we live in, pacing out the dimensions of the enclosure called the present—the enclosures of culture, history, family, and other patriarchal institutions—with a keen eye and a relentless heart. In pursuit simultaneously of holistic perception, love, and an escape route, LoveGrove invites words to hold hands in unusual combinations, enters dreams and lets consciousness run feral. 'There was a war going on and / ours was a very important mission,' LoveGrove writes, and it's true." —Helen Guri