Speech Dries Here on the Tongue is an anthology of poetry by Canadian authors exploring the relationship between environmental collapse and mental health. This threat of environmental collapse has brought with it a sense of impending annihilation and has contributed to the current mental health crisis, made crueller by a global pandemic that highlighted our fragile nature. These are poems by writers who have used their words to both articulate and navigate this crisis, unpacking the complex interplay between mental and environmental health in order to alert, inform, and inspire readers.
The collection includes work by Brandon Wint, Concetta Principe, Conyer Clayton, D.A. Lockhart, Fiona Tinwei Lam, Jennifer Wenn, Maryam Gowralli, Karen Houle, Aaron Kreuter, Anita Dolman, Greg Kennedy S.J., Kathryn Mockler, Tara Mcgowan Ross, Khashayar Mohammadi, Dominik Parisien, Gary Barwin, Sydney Hegele, Canal Smiley, Grace Lau.