Talking to Strangers is a book of bracing encounters. Throughout her four decades as poet, Rhea Tregebov has displayed an uncommon eye for the mysteries of ordinary life—moments where, as she writes, “[t]he simplest things / elude me.” This gift is brought to brilliant effect in her eighth book of poetry and most charged to date. In gorgeous arias of recollection and evocation, of elegy and heartbreak, Tregebov mourns, praises, prays, regrets, summons, celebrates, and bears witness with formidable artistry and tenderness (“You wouldn’t think the inanimate would get tired /but it does.”) Direct, never forced, keenly observant, and marked by scrupulous craft, these new poems unfold in beguiling, often breathtaking ways. They confirm Tregebov’s place among the most significant poets of her generation.
Talking to Strangers
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Winner, 2024 Canadian Jewish Book Award for Poetry
Longlist, 2025 Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize
Shortlist, 2025 Betty Averbach Foundation Prize for Poetry
Publication Date: Apr. 1 2024
80 pages
7.5 x 5 Inches
ISBN: 9781550656565
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