Poems by Chimwemwe Undi.

“Bound together and each piece so very much its own, this collection marvels from masterful found poems to sprinkles of pure love and humour. Undi electrifies, is at once vulnerable and completely indestructible. PS: That first Winnipeg poem has got to be our new hometown anthem.” – Katherena Vermette, author of The Break

“Scientific Marvel is poetic anti-gravity. Poetry of the lightest touch or the heftiest matters. And so lit by its poet’s willingness to tarry with the things only poetry can illuminate, its music blooms with defiant wit. Sharp, pointed, and sage about the world and its endangered moving parts, the great reward of Undi’s meticulous attention is ours to reap, whether it is trained close to home or beyond. But even more, Undi has proven herself an exquisite and needful diarist of the inextricability of Black being from love, from freedom, from the tangled, hurtful web of modern life. At the core of this book is always the heart-stirring necessity of surprise. A queerly marvelous debut!” – Canisia Lubrin, author of Code Noir

“With searing wit, a tender hand, and a bird’s eye, Scientific Marvel delivers a smirk behind each word as alluring as it is intelligent. Melding the personal and the political, Undi’s poems understand Winnipeg streets as well as they know Supreme Court jurisprudence. High school crushes mingle with the evolution of birds- apologies with freedom- in a voice that represents both an astounding and curious achievement. ‘I am learning about property / in a recent nation where no one looks me in the eye,’ she writes. ‘I wanted something / too, to survive, / besides my good name.’ Scientific Marvel is a fight song for anyone in love with their broken city- its strange stores- and our dying earth, its betrayal and beauty. All of it, Undi demonstrates, worth noticing, worth cherishing, worth remembering.” – Sanna Wani, author of My Grief, the Sun

Soft cover

86 pages