He Claims He Is the Direct Heir Fiction from the giddy foolishness of

from the giddy foolishness of gloveball fights and improbable practical jokes to the terse satisfaction of outsmarting overbearing foremen

Miller published her first novel

in what at the time looked like life

She completed her PhD in English Literature at McGill University on the intersections between poetry and visual art

He Claims He Is the Direct Heir Fiction from the giddy foolishness ofMost of Sarnas poems are humorous and earthbound, but he can soar when he wants to. Lazar Sarnas He Claims He Is the Direct Heir introduces a new tone of voice into Canadian poetry. It is wry and droll, an unexpected melange of Jewish humour and Surrealism. Sarnas terse lyrics often have the crackle of a good joke, though usually with grim undertones. The voice often grates and is surprisingly scratchy but then, a covert lyricism breaks through. In