What the Soul Doesn't Want

• What the Soul Doesn't Want is a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry
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In this collection, Lorna Crozier describes the passage of time in the way that only she can. Her arresting, edgy poems about aging and grief are surprising and invigorating: a defiant balm. At the same time, she revels in the quirkiness and whimsy of the natural world: the vision of a fly, the naming of an eggplant and a woman who not unhappily finds that cockroaches are drawn to her.

• Lorna Crozier on why she writes with the door closed

Crozier's signature wit and striking imagery are on display as she stretches her wings and reminds us that we haven't yet seen all that she can do. (From Freehand Books)

• Rupi Kaur and Shelagh Rogers share their favourite books of poetry

Author interviews

The Next Chapter5:35Lorna Crozier on Miley Cyrus

Poet Lorna Crozier on being told that the pop star was considering tattooing a poem from Lorna's book "The Wild in You" on her skin.