poems by Laboni Islam
October 2022
shortlisted for the 2023 bpNichol Chapbook Award
36 pp., thread bound, 5.75"x 7.5"
ISBN # 978-1-928066-76-7
in an edition of 100 numbered copies
cover of St. Armand Canal paper
flyleaf of Uzumaki tissue
cover artwork: Laboni Islam
edited by Moez Surani

Laboni Islam was born in Canada to Bangladeshi parents. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies Creative Writing Program. Her poem “Lunar Landing, 1966” was shortlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize (2017). She serves as an arts educator, engaging the young and young at heart in gallery, museum, and community spaces.

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