the art of breathing underwater, is Cathy Ford's first full-length book of poetry in twenty-one years.

Introduction by: Jane Munro, author of Point No Point, M&S

Author: Cathy Ford is the author of fourteen books of poetry and numerous chapbooks and folios published by blewointment press, Intermedia Press, Caitlin Press, Vehicule Press, Harbour Publishing and gynergy books. Her poetry, personal essays, poetic fictions, novel excerpts, prose and long poems have appeared in more than two-hundred magazines, journals and anthologies. She has worked as a creative writing teacher, editor, typesetter and book designer. This is her first full-length book of poetry in twenty-one years. Ford served as the president of the League of Canadian Poets and was one of the founding members of the Feminist Caucus of the LPG. She is a member of the League of Canadian Poets, the Writers’ Union of Canada, and PEN International. For many years she has worked as a community and arts activist committed to world peace and improving the status of women, especially women artists in Canada and internationally. Born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, she grew up in northern British Columbia, attended the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, and has a BFA and MFA in Creative Writing, with Honours. She lives in Sidney, B.C., and is married, with one son.

On the art of breathing underwater:
"21 yeers sins cathy fords last book its bin a long time 2 wait the art of breathing underwater has bin well worth th wait itsa brillyant book devoteez uv th long wide line will b thrilld with her full continuing breething fords xpert delineaysyun uv convenshunal gendr dynamiks is incisiv bloodee n encouraging in its remedeez a veree great book beautiful a joy 4evr"
–bill bissett

On Cunnilingus or How I Learned To Love Figure Skating:
"this poetry mesmerized me into a language-induced trance, from which I had to shake myself at the end of the book. Cathy Ford is a powerful writer." 
–Maria Bonanno

On By Violent Means:
"In the book as a whole there are so many instances of a clear wonderful intelligence that we are left moved by thelanguage & what the author has allowed us to see / feel with such clarity."
–bp nichol

Awards: 2010 Search for the Great BC Novel Contest winner,
2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award finalist

Published: November, 2010, MTP

ISBN:  978-1-896949-09-3

6 x 9 | 120 pages | CDN $19.95
Trade paperback with French flaps

Category: New Poetry