Kara-lee MacDonald currently teaches English at the Fort St. John Literacy Society and is completing an MA in English (UNBC) that explores the relationship between food, body, and power. Her poetry has been previously published in Dreamland Magazine. She is a lifelong resident and lover of Northern BC.
"Eating Matters is an important book, both entertaining and
educational. It is a brave, unforgiving challenge to the social
stigmas that surround eating disorders." -- Dustin Batty, The Plaid
Zebra
"Eating Matters leaves you feeling as if you have watched a dear
friend conquer a storm, and, for those struggling with disordered
eating, it can perhaps offer a way into oneself and out of the
mire." -- Keagan Perlette, Sad Mag
"Eating Matters undoes a complex. Words surpass exulansis, an
individual approaches collective as poet, Kara-lee MacDonald,
composes what was scattered. 'at the end of the day/--theory fails
as poetry thrives.' The poet shines, honest, and reveals that even
the wretch, the disembodied, every whit of shame, every shock of
trauma can become something new. MacDonald teaches us about
power--her power, and ours. We are comforted an implicated.
Listening, reading, in the open, we confront a sick world that can
be overcome. The sound thickens and 'free' shakes loose in
defiance." -- Cecily Nicholson
"Her humour is dark, a little morbid at times, and fits perfectly
within these poems. Like any time I begin a book, I forgo
expectations. MacDonald spares no one: not herself and certainly
not society. Part of the joy of reading is surprise and connection.
Eating Matters delivers both and so much more." -- Claire Matthews,
Loose Lips Magazine
"It is a figurative and literal F-you to the aspects of our culture
that lead women to mental illness. It is a standing up to the
status quo of misogyny-drenched culture. It is powerful work
MacDonald accomplishes, work that is reminiscent of poet and
feminist Adrienne Rich..." -- Rob Budde, Northwood
"Kara-lee MacDonald's Eating Matters bites down to the marrow.
Swallow or spit? What counts? How much? Where does it hurt?
MacDonald's lines cut clean to the aortic pump; a perfect
silhouette. Her poems trace the lines of body and bile with
sawblades. This is a book that interrogates the idea of the girl
(with the most cake). At times bloody, but bloody necessary." --
Nikki Reimer
"You know when you're reading a book and you're thinking to
yourself: why hasn't anybody written this yet and now here it is in
front of you and you know what you've been missing? For me, Eating
Matters is that kind of book. It's so unexpected, yet it feels so
right. Kara-lee MacDonald has offered us this stylish collection of
secrets that's incredibly smart and brave, visceral and terrifying
and I couldn't be more grateful. She's put the unspeakable into
words and, in doing so, has drawn upon a reservoir of power that's
as vast as hunger itself. I can't recommend it enough. I fucking
love this book." -- Elizabeth Bachinsky
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