Summary
McKay’s exuberantly musical and shrewd poems are ecological in the fullest sense of the word—they seek to elucidate our relationships with our fragile dwelling places both on the earth and in our own skins. —New York Times Book Review
E.J. Pratt Family Poetry Award, Winner
An extraordinary collection of poems from Griffin Poetry Prize winner Don McKay.
Old joke—”What’s the difference between a lurch and a dance step?” “I don’t know.” “I didn’t think so. Let’s …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780771057854 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0771057857 |
| Author: | Don McKay |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart Inc. |
| Imprint: | McClelland & Stewart Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for Don McKay:
“Don McKay walks us out to the uncertain ground between the known and unknown, between the names we have given things and things as they are… . McKay’s meditations on time’s evidence acquire a similar heft, proposing, in their discipline of mind and generosity of spirit, a way to be at home in the world. A book of patience, courage, and quiet eloquence.” –Judges’ Citation, 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize (Winner)
“He is an essential poet of our time.” –Judges’ Citation, 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize
“Don McKay is one of the very best Canadian poets… . He is a poet of a unique nature, a poet with a great capacity for beauty and grace.” –Northern Poetry Review
“Reading McKay is a heightened and altering experience; it changes my personal relationship with language and silence.” –Toronto Star
About The Author
Don McKay
Don McKay is the multi-award-winning author of thirteen previous books of poetry, including Paradoxides; Strike/Slip, winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize; and Camber- Selected Poems, a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and a Globe and Mail Notable Book of the Year. Angular Unconformity, a collected poems, appeared from Goose Lane in 2014. McKay has taught poetry in universities across the country. He presently lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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