Dream of Me as Water
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- Palimpsest Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2022
- Subjects
- LGBT, Canadian, General
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- ISBN
- 9781990293191
- Publish Date
- Sep 2022
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Description
Moving beyond the themes of race, identity, and personhood navigated in Mythical Man, David Ly’s second book of poetry, Dream of Me as Water, explores ways of being that are not beholden to the expectations of others. Using water as his central metaphor, Ly meditates on how identity is never a stagnant concept, but instead something that is intangible, fluid, and ever-evolving. Dream of Me as Water revels in the nuances of the self, flouting outside perceptions for deeper, more personal realities.
About the author
David Ly is a poet from Vancouver, BC. He graduated SFU with a BA in World Literature, English, and Creative Writing and a Master of Publishing. He is the author of the chapbook Stubble Burn (2018). His poetry has also appeared in publications such as PRISM international, The Puritan, carte blanche, Pulp Literature, The Maynard, Plenitude, and The /tƐmz/ Review. He has been long-listed for the Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Poetry and short-listed for the Magpie Award in Poetry. Mythical Man is David’s first full-length collection. Twitter @dlylyly.
Editorial Reviews
In Dream of Me as Water, David Ly guides us through the depths and idiosyncrasies of the surreal, love, and creatures both real and imagined. These poems present the surface and invite the reader to break through that surface, offering swirls of lived emotion and fantastic imaginings. Dream of Me as Water is a wild and rewarding poetic ride, written with David’s generosity, care, and irresistible sly sense of humour.
Jen Sookfong Lee, author of The Shadow List