In a Riptide
by Ronna Bloom
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Pub Date Sep 15 2025 | Archive Date Aug 31 2025
Literary Press Group of Canada | Brick Books
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Description
Funny while serious, wise without being certain, full of feeling and yet rinsed of sentimentality.
The characters in Ronna Bloom's new collection In a Riptide are tired, sick, old, fragile, baffled, worried, dying, dead, uncertain, snacking, happy, generous, preoccupied, horny, astonished, and sometimes free. Emily Dickinson and Bukowski show up in the same poem. The Buddha has a shower. And Sisyphus is released from his burdens. It's the hospital meets the circus. Here, humour, darkness, and ecstasy mingle, and the chaos doesn't stop. But there's breath in these poems. There’s life.
A Note From the Publisher
USD Price, $19.95
Moving poems for anyone who is grieving, ill, dying, or knows someone is, anyone who wants to laugh anyway and with it–a beautiful mix of reverence and irreverence.
Will appeal to people interested in meditation, mindfulness, Buddhism and awareness practices.
A fresh new work from a veteran Canadian poet at the height of her powers.
Poems that speak directly to what people experience: we get sick, we get older, our friends die, then we do. We also feel unexpectedly happy sometimes!
Moving poems for anyone who is grieving, ill, dying, or knows someone is, anyone who wants to laugh anyway and with it–a beautiful mix of reverence and irreverence.
Will appeal to people interested in meditation, mindfulness, Buddhism and awareness practices.
A fresh new work from a veteran Canadian poet at the height of her powers.
Poems that speak directly to what people experience: we get sick, we get older, our friends die, then we do. We also feel unexpectedly happy sometimes!
Advance Praise
"Ronna Bloom wades into the dark waters of illness, old age, and death, swims out and returns bearing hope and humour. Here's a voice to trust in our present riptide." - Martha Baillie
"A marvel." - Souvankham Thammvongsa
Marketing Plan
Author launch in Toronto
We are pitching widely to festivals, especially those in Toronto (as part of our 50th anniversary activities)
We have a planned 50th anniversary event with TIFA
Tipsheets, press releases, and review copies sent widely
Ads in library and educational catalogues and as part of our 50th anniversary co-ops
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781771316583 |
| PRICE | CA$23.95 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 96 |
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