Examining poetic visions and traditions in his debut poetry collection, Pluviophile (Nightwood $18.95) Yusuf Saadi works with form, imagery and sonancy in these sonnets and shorter poems. One of the longer poems, "The Place Words Go to Die" won the Malahat Review's 2016 Far Horizons Award for Poetry. Locations he explores range from Montreal to Kolkata; from the moon to the gates of heaven.

His work is published in journals such as Brick, the Malahat Review, Vallum, Grain, CV2, Prairie Fire and PRISM International. Saadi holds an MA in English from the University of Victoria.

BOOKS:

Pluviophile (Nightwood 2020) $18.95 978-0-88971-374-1

[BCBW 2020]