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    Dividing the Wayside
    Dividing the Wayside
    Dividing the Wayside
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    Dividing the Wayside

    By Jenny Haysom

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    The liminal strip that divides the highway from the surrounding land is called a wayside. Often thick with wildflowers and insects, it's a natural space that coexists with traffic and exhaust. In Dividing the Wayside, Haysom likewise navigates the territory in between, searching the intricate periphery of experience for hidden meaning and beauty. Her voice is passionate, charming and ironic, her language precise and musical.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPalimpsest Press
    Release dateSep 16, 2018
    ISBN9781926794877
    Dividing the Wayside
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    Jenny Haysom

    Born in England and raised in Nova Scotia, Jenny Haysom is a former prose editor for Arc Poetry Magazine. Her writing has been published in CV2, Dusie, The Fiddlehead, The New Quarterly, and The Walrus, as well as in chapbook form (Blinding Afternoons, Anstruther Press). She lives in Ottawa.

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