Anne Sorbie

Alberta Author

Anne Sorbie – poet and storyteller

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(M)OTHERING:
AN ANTHOLOGY

(M)othering is a universally understood phenomenon that speaks to the act of becoming something unexpected and entirely outside ourselves. And this book is a collection of writing and art about that. 56 contributors illuminate the kind of gritty, body mind soul transformations that only the mothering myth can evoke. Their work will take you to wonder and wildness, kindness, beauty, grief, love.

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Lines with Spines

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What if we women / all met in the / Garden of Eden / stretched our arms / wide as branches / stood together / embracing our art / with joy!

from “Damselflies” in WordCityLit
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My story is here.

from “Listen” in Waiting: an anthology of essays edited by Rona Altrows & Julie Sedivy
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The sight of my father’s fingerprints made me cry; my hand hovered gently over the shadow he left.

from Memoir of a Good Death
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At eighty-seven, you unravel and marry. You envelop yourself in red and gold, adorn your glad feet with silver, and dance.

from “The Bride’s Feet” in Geist
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The truth of the matter is - I have a fraught relationship with commas!

Anne Sorbie

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