Be startled by metaphysical snails and the ghosts of footnotes in the dark. Fugue with Bedbug is part musical reference, part portraiture, a series of uncanny poems attending to time and mortality, an eccentric essay, and a musical score. Using the fugue form as a foil and a quiet compositional strategy, poet Anne-Marie Turza argues that the mission: "in afterthought, was Jell-O, a salad of delicate intent and shimmy ..." (From House of Anansi Press)

Anne-Marie Turza is a poet and author who lives in Vancouver Island. Her 2014 poetry collection, The Quiet, was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Memorial award.