The World’s Fastest Flower

In this provocative collection of poetry, the issue of mental illness is dealt with frankly through pieces that are at once confrontational and refreshing. Written with a dramatic edge that showcases the author’s background in theater, the urgency of the bloom of the world’s fastest flower—the Canadian Bunchberry Dogwood—is combined with the suspended time of the lyric poem, resulting in the introduction of a courageous and innovative new voice in poetry.