Overview

Ribgrass is an atmospheric and haunting poetry collection. It explores the decay and resurrection of trans-queerness in the prairies. From farmland nostalgia to soft romances, Ribgrass is a vehicle for grief. The cyclical nature of mourning finds you everywhere⎯in an algae lake, in the kitchen fridge, in your hospital bed. It shows up as bugs in your bones.

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""Ribgrass is the kind of book that gets stuck under your fingernails. Nicole Mae writes the body as lived matter-slime thighs, trout cheeks, girl dick, 'nerve roots / bent around / metal / rods.' These poems move through the seasons like a life you can't quite leave."" ⎯Sabrina Spenser Smith, author of A Brief Relief from Hunger ""Nicole Mae uses the rural, wild land to nourish their sick body when medical systems fail them. The land doesn't cure, but it listens, offers clarity, and embraces a body in pain."" ⎯Tea Gerbeza, author of How I Bend Into More ""Delicious and slick and replete with gorgeous imagery, Ribgrass is a roving saunter under a prairie sky.""⎯Hollay Ghadery, author of Rebellion Box

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Nicole Mae (they/she) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Saskatchewan, Canada. Their poems, films, and artworks reflect themes of nostalgia, Hungarian diaspora, prairie queerness, ill body, shame, longing, and romantic love. Select works can be found online, in bookstores and magazines, and in art galleries across North America.

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