Braille Rainbow (Trade Paper)

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In a dark time, wrote Theodore Roethke, the eye begins to seeand withBraille Rainbow, Mike Barnes reveals both darkness and the light that shines beyond it. Beginning with a suite of poems completed before and immediately following his admission to a psychiatric unit as a young man, Barness quiet lyricism and formal sensitivity capture those moments of perception that remind us how to see.Praise for Mike BarnesBarnes writes like a contrary angel.The Malahat ReviewTimely, lyrical, tough, accurate. Margaret AtwoodMasterful The Adjustment Leagueis suspenseful, exquisitely written andat timescorrosively funny.Brian Bethune,MacleansRecounted in fragmented, almost impressionistic prose that is sharp as glass shards,The Adjustment Leagueis an intense journey into the underbelly of contemporary society, and a visceral descent into darkness. It is a powerful and original work, which succeeds as a mystery and something altogether deeper.Quill and QuireThe Adjustment Leagues superpower is in its crackling portraits. The Super takes his place in the queue of great damaged detectives (see Sherlock Holmes). Its this Supermans mind thats stronger than steel.The Globe and Mail fiercely alive, marked by a sharp, unerring eye for detail and a wonderful way with metaphors.Toronto Star