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P A U L E T T E C L A I R E T U R CO T T E
The poems in The Silence in the Centre of Bone are drawn from her work with dreams and the collective unconscious, and her response to world events and the trauma and suffering of the children of war.
Canadian poet and publisher, Patrick White said of her work: “Superlative, poignant, profound, where has she been hiding? Her work is supremely moving on all levels. Stunningly beautiful and powerful, her writing is urgent with ecstasy.”
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on the back cover
PAULETTE CLAIRE TURCOTTE
Known for her work with dreams and creativity, Paulette has worked 30 years in Jungian analysis and studies and more than 40 years in the arts.
The poems in The Silence in the Centre of Bone are drawn from her work with dreams and the collective unconscious, and her response to world events and the trauma and suffering of the children of war.
Paulette Turcotte is an author, visionary and outsider poet and artist. Her work has been published in numerous presses in print and online. She is editor of Banned Poetry, cdris/ARTS Press, co-founder of Split Quotation Press, a founding member of the Pacific Festival of the Book, Curator of a ZINE- Alternative & Modern Arts and Review and an AVANT-GARDE poetry ZINE. She has been recipient of the ANTHOS Poetry prize and a Canada Council grant for writing (short stories). As well as two non-fiction books, she has three chapbooks of poetry with her art, a book of poetry What the Dead Want, (Ekstasis Editions), and forthcoming, a memoir, The Shaman in the House of Dreams, (Ekstasis Editions).
Her latest hybrid artworks and prints are the results of years of combining techniques and experiments, and her work with dreams, as well as her many years experience in painting and drawing.
Several pieces of the following works appear in The Silence in the Centre of Bone.