Atlas of Roots - Softcover

Beth Kope

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1773860518 ISBN 13: 9781773860510

Publisher: Caitlin Press (CA), 2021

Synopsis

Within us all are questions of identity, belonging, and connection. Beth Kope's third poetry collection, Atlas of Roots, is a work of the heart that uncovers the many facets of adoption. In poems that both witness and question, Kope shares her own quest to uncover family history and answers -- finding her adoption records, questioning her parent's choices, and the truth of her own conception. Moving beyond the personal, Atlas of Roots shares other stories of adoption through the voices of other adoptees and parents of both relinquished and adopted children. In seeking a name and one's own story, Kope has written a striking and courageous narrative of adoption.

About this title

About the Author

Beth Kope grew up in Alberta and is honoured to live, work, and play in Victoria, BC, Coast Salish territory of Lekwungen and WSANEC nations. Kope has taught in Alberta, Adelaide, Australia and Quebec and currently works at Camosun College. She has published two poetry collections, Falling Season (Leaf Press, 2010) and Average Height of Flight (Caitlin Press, 2015), and has been included in the anthologies Refugium (Caitlin Press, 2017) and Sweet Water (Caitlin Press, 2020). She is the co-host, along with Yvonne Blomer, of the annual Forest Poet-Tree event which is part of the Victoria Festival of Authors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Caitlin Press (CA)
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1773860518
• ISBN 13: 9781773860510
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96