I Used to Live Here

by Amy LeBlanc

The driving impulse of Amy LeBlanc's new collection of poetry, I used to live here, is an examination of chronic illness, disability, and autoimmunity. The collection also aims to find moments of magic and ritual within the experience of illness and to find new metaphors for illness and autoimmunity that do not rely on militarization, self-cannibalism, or suicide. LeBlanc thinks deeply about autoimmunity and the poetic representations of the body...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889844844
• ISBN13: 9780889844841
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Porcupine's Quill
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.