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"SANDRA RIDLEY is the author of several books of poetry including Vixen,Silvija, a finalist for the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize, and The Counting House. She has been nominated for and won many prizes including the bpNichol Chapbook Award, a Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing, and the Alfred G. Bailey Prize. Ridley has taught at Sage Hill Writing, Carleton University, and has been a mentor with Ottawa's Supportive Housing and Mental Health Services ""Footprints to Recovery"" program for people living with mental illness. Her work has been anthologized and translated into German and French. Sandra grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan and lives in Ottawa."
“In four distinct sections, Ridley skilfully uses various forms, white space, and imagery to widen the dialogue and explain the toll endured (‘even if you live the consequences outlive the duration of harassment’) and the desire to take back your rights and what’s right (‘you want to walk alone day or night’).” —Toronto Star “For all that the speaker in Vixen exposes and understands cruelty in many guises, whether it is imposed on animals or on humans, Ridley’s vision from the outset is bent toward empathy and compassion... Here is hope and challenge: not for a world wherein violence never was, but for a world in which we choose to end it; not for pacification, but for peace.” —Winnipeg Free Press “Ridley has always worked with the structure of the long poem, and this collection further highlights an ongoing attention to lyric and structure… And yet, her poems also give the sense of a lyric folded over and across itself, lines that collect and impact upon each other from a multitude of directions and into a singular, polyphonic voice. This is a stunning collection.” —rob mclennan
