How Did I Miss This?
In December, 2024, a couple months after Florilegia came out, the U of A’s Gateway did a review! Check it out here. /https://thegatewayonline.ca/2024/12/book-review-florilegia-by-brenda-l-gunn/
Gunn’s skilled use of metaphor . . . and a genuine appreciation for her ancestors and the land . . . without romanticizing. Troubled relationships form one of the collection’s strongest motifs. . . artfully captured; expertly uses minute details to call up an easy nostalgia that never turns overly sentimental.”
Brenda Gunn, West End Writer 