In Pronounced/Workable many of the poems draw from pre-hospital care medical protocols, standards and legislative acts as well as colloquial quotes of patients, literary reference, graffiti, signage and other texts. It hopes to mimic the fast paced collage and varied tonality that a 12 hour shift in the city produces. Food, opportunistic creatures, tragedy and apathy are recurring themes, as well as many Toronto-specific landmarks. Some later poems reflect on the medicalization of the poets own female body through the use of personal medical reports as source texts.

(From Mansfield Press)

Candace de Taeye is a Guelph-based writer and a paramedic in Toronto's downtown core. Her poetry has been published in Arc, BAD NUDES, CNQ, CV2, Grain, Joypuke, Meat for Tea and Vallum. She's also published chapbooks Roe and The Ambulance Act. Pronounced/Workable was nominated for a 2023 ReLit Award.