• Dismantled Secrets

Dismantled Secrets

by Maxianne Berger

April 1, 2008 | ISBN 978-1-894987-24-0 | 96 Pages

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Dismantled Secrets confirms Berger's remarkable dexterity with language and poetic form. Drawing on Dylan Thomas's invitation to play with literary devices and inspired by the work of surrealist painter Rene Magritte, Berger juxtaposes ordinary objects with unusual contexts to achieve extraordinary and thought-provoking results. Each poem in this collection is a spectacle - whether of light or dark - that pulses with energy, drama and a true sense of the absurd.

Videos

Wolsak and Wynn Publishers presents Maxianne Berger reading from her Spring 2008 release, Dismantled Secrets, on June 3rd at Nicholas Hoare Books in Toronto.

Events with Maxianne Berger

    • Poetry Review for the Year 2008 (David Creelman, Journal of Canadian Poetry 25, 2/1/2011).
      “Dismantled Secrets is well-worth finding and can be read with pleasure.”
    • Review (Maurice Maurieu, Winnipeg Free Press, 7/28/2008).
      “Berger has been writing haiku, tanka, light verse and formal parodies for many years. … What's impressive in Berger's new book is the tonal range.”
    • Words and Music (Concordia University Magazine, 7/1/2008).
      “Berger displays her linguistic dexterity through diverse poetic forms—including haiku, tanka and palindrome—and her mix of the absurd and the emotional, the playful and the dramatic.”

  • Maxianne Berger enjoys a lively literary career. She has contributed to fifteen anthologies, notably In Fine Form (2005) and The Paradelle (2005). Her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals, including The Mahalat Review, The North American Review and The Hamilton Stone Review. Her translations of francophone poets have appeared in Maisonneuve, Poetry (Chicago) and in the British anthology Poetry to Heal your Blues (2005). Active in the French and English haiku and tanka communities, she reviews for Gust and writes about poetics for the Revue du tanka francophone. Her literary memberships include The League of Canadian Poets, Quebec Writers' Federation, Haiku Canada and Tanka Canada. And when not involved in writing, she is an audiologist at the McGill University Health Centre in Montréal.