{"product_id":"what-fills-your-house-like-smoke-paperback","title":"What Fills Your House Like Smoke - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. McGregor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn these poems, E. McGregor combines the lore of family history with personal memory, vividly parsing patterns of inheritance, particularly through the maternal line. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Fills Your House Like Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e begins and ends at the deathbed of the writer's Metis grandmother. In between, McGregor composes an incomplete and wildly imaginative biography of the grandmother, interrogated by family photographs, stories, and the scant paper trail she left behind. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMcGregor sifts through the complexities of motherhood, daughterhood, anxiety, intimate relationships and addiction, weaving family history with memory to make sense of what is carried on. Especially affecting are poems about childhood, and the people who disappear from a child's life, and the struggle to live as a societal outsider, finding strength in self-definition and the power of narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs these poems unfold, they move us toward an understanding of maternal inheritance, shifting identities, forgiveness, and finally love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. McGregor is a Euro-Settler\/Metis writer currently living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in numerous magazines including \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dalhousie Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCV2\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fiddlehead\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia in 2022. \u003ci\u003eWhat Fills Your House Like Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e is her first poetry collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758428487968,"sku":"9781771872522","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8eda28c67e7e9219d565453079ed599b.webp?v=1780125918","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-fills-your-house-like-smoke-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}