Strip Kyla Jamieson the second book from acclaimed

the second book from acclaimed poet Nick Thran

–Susan Sanford Blades

So I found myself wondering as I read and re-read this gorgeous

NEC Nation

to the squalor of tent cities erected on the Royston Bay mudflats during the Great Vancouver Coal Strike of 1912-14

Strip Kyla Jamieson the second book from acclaimedDescription John Rottam is on a journey back in time and place. Fleeing a private stripping engagement turned violent, he reflects on a time in his life when he was burdened with a broken heart, self doubt and a floundering dance career. A few clumsy steps in the corps de ballet of a prestigious Canadian ballet company sends John fleeing to join a psychotic and incompetent dance troupe in Quebec City, run by the bitter Madame Talegdi, who all but