Dominique Fortier

Longlisted for the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Featured on Lithub CBC Books: 2024 Spring Fiction Preview Pale Shadows is a novel of the trio of women who brought Emily Dickinson's poems out of the shadows. When she died, Emily Dickinson left behind hundreds of texts scribbled on scraps of paper. She also left behind three formidable women: her...

Emily Dickinson is as famous for being a recluse as she is for her poetry. In this stunning novel, we see her struggling to reconcile spirit and flesh, preferring letters and reflecting that the only way to have books and life is to live through one's own writing. Dominique Fortier brings Dickinson vividly to life, as if reanimating a flower...