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Poetry

Asymmetry by Aidan Coleman

by Mike Ladd
September 2012, no. 344

Asymmetry by Aidan Coleman

Brandl & Schlesinger, $24.95 pb, 71 pp, 9781921556319

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In July 2007, at the age of thirty-one, Aidan Coleman suffered a stroke as a result of a brain tumour. Asymmetry is a book in two parts. The first details the poet’s survival after this near-death experience, his struggle to regain full use of his body and to speak and write again. The second part is a group of love poems for his wife, Leana.

 


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Asymmetry by Aidan Coleman

Brandl & Schlesinger, $24.95 pb, 71 pp, 9781921556319

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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