This One’s On Me

Phyllis Gotlieb

1960

1. The lives and times of Oedipus and Elektra
began with bloodgrim lust and dark carnality
but I was born next to the Neilson’s factory
where every piece is different, and that’s how I got
my individuality.
2. I lived on Gladstone Avenue,
2 locations on Kingston Rd.
2 crescents, Tennis and Chaplin
Xanadu, Timbuktu,
Samarkand & Ampersand
and many…
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Phyllis Gotlieb

1926–2009

The only child of a father who owned a movie theater, Toronto-born Phyllis Gotlieb (b. Bloom) originally wanted to be a poet, though she is now best-known for her speculative fiction. Writing science fiction in earnest, she ignited her career with the publication of Sunburst (1964). She went on to write Why Should I Have All the Grief? (1969), a novel about the Holocaust and its effects on Jewish life in Canada, as well as several poetry collections and an analysis of the work of poet A. M. Klein. A testament to her achievement, the Sunburst Award for best speculative fiction book of the year was named in honor of Gotlieb’s novel.

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