Erotic and absurdist, Leanne Averbach’s fever docu-rides a life examined through multifarious roles and experiences. Through her iconoclastic lens, life as a former left-wing activist and trade union organizer takes shape with indelible moments spent in factories or incarcerated in jail cells. Averbach’s work contains vivid tales of
love, family encounters, and the mad poetry of harsh international realities. With its unique blend of the personal and the political,
fever burns with the engagement of the most committed poetry.
“Witty, cynical and startlingly lusty, Averbach’s lushly lyrical, 'thick wet strokes' of irreverence are finely wrought with haunting immediacy. Her work provides a must-read collection: highly charged eroto-comic and compelling snapshots that linger.”
—Adeena Karasick
Mansfield Press | ISBN 1-894469-23-2
$16.95 Canada / $12.95 USA
Sample Poems: Fever - Abattoir - Internet Dating
