M Renae Dubois
Art, Poetry and Philosophy
About
My name is Alexa Young
Who is M Renae Dubois?
Hello, Bonjour!
Yes, I write poetry. I write because I am compelled. I love language, and I love the kaleidoscope of truths. In my poetic work, my life, my philosophy, my desires, my distastes, and even at times, my regrets, are laid bare. There is a familiarity offered to the reader, and also a palpable sense of honesty and bravery, or perhaps at times, bravado.
With my intellectual vigour, the poetry is a dialectical conversation. I am untrained, un-officially educated. I have put my first three biographies into one book – Curses of Verses: A Composite, as evidence of the arc of my psychological, artistic and philosophical development, and for the pleasure of the read! Most recently, I have released An Encounter, a journey of discovery and recognition in the areas of Existentialism and surrounding theoretical frameworks. This book, too, is poetic in style. A philosophical memoir.
My education is unofficial, formed in the Crucible not the Conservatorium.
What is a Wreck: A Reckoning?
This book is written for the woman who always questioned if she was enough. A continuation in M Renae Dubois’ personal philosophical and personal journey after a head injury, Renae writes within this context and beyond it, telling her own story of working in the adult industry and dealing with addiction and bad relationships. This work faces the question of interior world vs exterior perception, and as the title indicates, it is a personal reckoning. Very relatable, in its own way.
What is An Encounter, Poetry, Existentialism?
A poetic endeavour of discovery, discussion, and occasional disagreement with the proponents and parties in the areas of existentialism, absurdism, and phenomenology. A fresh perspective by a formerly unknowing practitioner, and author of Curses of Verses: A Composite.
What is the book Curses of Verses?
It is composite collection of M Renae Dubois' first three biographical verse-novels which documented the first thirty-five years of her adult life after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) at 16. The head injury radically altered her personality and direction. What followed was seemingly logical at the time: sex work, addiction, love, of course. But then there were the psychiatric wards, and more, Renae keeps a quick mind and a quiet wit, despite her unrelenting selfexamination, and she has documented it all through unabashed poetry. This work is philosophy in verse, through the Crucible, not the Conservatorium.
Intent
The actors responsible morals
Are to the art which comes from a god
Whatever your spiritual leanings
There's no other way it is got
So to those who would question the artist
The actor, the poet, or whore
I ask you consider a moment
For what, do you do all what for?
Cos the time that was spent in deciding
To commit to path rocky and hard
To challenge ones ethics on daily
Just for the sake of integrous art
Is its own religious-type calling
In fact, it's artists and clerics who know
That there’s no choice in the path you are walking
And the spirits are sending you flow
