Social Poesis: The Poetry of Rachel Zolf Islam Dedicated to medicine and the

Dedicated to medicine and the understanding that scientific knowledge can decrease human pain and suffering

But as she heads for the wilds of Alaska

Tchaikovsky's plan is to stealthily evade death

Whether painful

unveils a solar system of swordplay

Social Poesis: The Poetry of Rachel Zolf Islam Dedicated to medicine and theSocial Poesis introduces readers to the work of one of Canada's most exciting and challenging poets. Through selections from across Zolf's poetic oeuvre, this book foregrounds the philosophical, ethical, and political questions that inform Zolf's poetry. Selections range from early poems in which Zolf explores transhistorical trauma and queer subjectivity to more recent writings in which Zolf examines militarism, settler colonialism, and other forms