The Pit Lorna Crozier In the Beggarly Style of

In the Beggarly Style of Imitation is a voyage into the mind of one of the Canadian literary underground’s most unruly writers

woven together with equal parts hard times and humour

the year is 2087 and Bramah is back on a planet Earth ravaged by climate change and global inequality

Phyllis Webb

The Pit Lorna Crozier In the Beggarly Style ofDescription Set in a small town, sub Arctic dive bar, this debut poetry collection explores the complexities of addiction and the person beneath, and the possibility of finding home and community in unexpected places. Among Borins poems are portraits of the bars regular customers and employeesrecurring characters, like those who might appear in a dark and unconventional sitcom. The religious night janitor catalogues the days sins; the retired barmaid