We Will Be Fish
written by Jp King
Softcover
102 pages
978-0-9809411-2-8
$14.95 CDN
Jp King’s We Will Be Fish follows the travels of Leopold Canary as he searches for his missing wife through the tattered remnants of our own cities, at times operating as an appliance designer, rogue doctor, or collector of miscellaneous curios. Spanning a decade, this highly inventive collection of narrative poems reveals the life of an obsessive, emotionally hesitant recluse, nostalgic for a future that will not come to pass.
Heavy in illustration and wild in energy and effort, King’s work is fresh and irreverent…. seems effortless, magical, and full of whimsy…. A mighty debut.”
– Broken Pencil
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Jp King has picked apples, planted trees, hitchhiked through Canada, and dwelled for a short time in India. His work has previously appeared in Carousel, Les Fleurs Du Mal, Smyles & Fish Pocket Edition, and Four Minutes to Midnight. His art installations and sculptures have appeared at the Whippersnapper Gallery in Toronto, Art Mur, and The Red Bird in Montreal. He is currently working on a novel entitled Tortoise Stampede.
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