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Why read it?
In been shed bore (Chaudiere Books, 2010), Pearl Pirie shows herself to be a keen listener and observer of people: their speech patterns, their conversations, tones, gestures, and language. She samples from life and from the written and spoken word.
[…] I’ve only touched upon a few brief examples here, but been shed bore is packed densely with poetry, with sound gymnastics, brilliant wordplay, with stories, recurring themes such as the difficulty of communicating, loneliness, and awkwardness caused by dealing with prejudice and societal convention. There is tenderness here, eroticism, joy of language and life, sadness and compassion. It’s a book to pick up again and again and find something different to ponder and to enjoy.
~ Amanda Earl.