Sylvia Legris is a critically acclaimed Canadian poet. She is the recipient of the Griffin Prize for poetry, and has previously published one collection with New Directions, The Hideous Hidden (2016).
'A dazzling, innovative storehouse of delight - a poetic adventure that exploresthe intimacy, attachment and passions that exist between plants andhuman beings. Legris has forged a collection that digs its fingers into thesoil, that is root-linked, green hearted, made of the earth.' - Rebecca Tams '[Legris] offers the reader a 'physic' in its archaic sense, as remedies for ailments...Bookish gardeners will delight in this playful modern-dayflorilegium' - Publisher's Weekly