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    Virga
    Virga
    Virga
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    Virga

    By Jennifer Houle

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    Jennifer Houle's second collection, Virga, is a departure--or perhaps, more accurately, a return to a distinctly feminine and feminist mythos. Witchy, sensuous, and urgent, the poems collected here are shot through with lore, love, and determination, reflecting the preoccupations of young--and not so young--womanhood

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSignature Editions
    Release dateJul 21, 2022
    ISBN9781773241142
    Virga
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    Jennifer Houle

    Jennifer Houle grew up in Shediac, New Brunswick. Her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals over the past ten years and her work has won several awards, including The Writer's Federation of New Brunswick's Alfred G. Bailey Prize for best poetry manuscript. A lifelong East Coaster, she now lives near Fredericton, with her husband and two sons.

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