'blur by the' collects fractures that make not quite a whole. It is a giving of permission to the self, to exist as messily as ( i s ). These poems are a record of navigation through longing and dis [ place ] ment of the body and of place, a shattering of expectation(s) of the self and of family, often through dreams, food and eroticism. This is an attempt at freedom. 'blur by the' is a yearning for freedom from grief, memory, and-ultimately-from definition. The form through which the poems take in 'blur by the' is dancing-in-your-bedroom free, un-velcro-ed false bravado free. The poems eat a lot and hope to feed you too. Winner of the 2020 Anne Elder Award Shortlisted for the 2020 Small Press Network Book of the Year Award Shortlisted for the 2020 Mary Gilmore Award Shortlisted for the 2020 ACT Writing & Publishing Award