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Selections from Canadian Poets

With Occasional Critical and Biographical Notes and an Introductory Essay on Canadian Poetry

by Edward Dewart, Douglas Lochhead ...

Series series Heritage
Selections from Canadian Poets set an important precedent when it was published in 1864. It was the first anthology of native Canadian poetry and was compiled, as Edward Hartlet Dewart explained, in order to 'rescue from oblivion some of the floating pieces of Canadian authorship worthy of preservation in a more permanent form ...' This anthology, like any other, reflects the tastes of the ... Read more

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Selections from Canadian Poets set an important precedent when it was published in 1864. It was the first anthology of native Canadian poetry and was compiled, as Edward Hartlet Dewart explained, in order to 'rescue from oblivion some of the floating pieces of Canadian authorship worthy of preservation in a more permanent form ...' This anthology, like any other, reflects the tastes of the
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Before the First Word

The Poetry of Lorna Crozier

by Catherine Hunter, Lorna Crozier ...

Series series Laurier Poetry
Lorna Crozier’s radical imagination, and the finely tuned emotional intelligence that is revealed in the clarity of her poetry, have made her one of Canada’s most popular poets. Before the First Word: The Poetry of Lorna Crozier is a collection of thirty-five of her best poems, selected and introduced by Catherine Hunter, and includes an afterword by Crozier herself. Representing her work from ... Read more

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Lorna Crozier’s radical imagination, and the finely tuned emotional intelligence that is revealed in the clarity of her poetry, have made her one of Canada’s most popular poets. Before the First Word: The Poetry of Lorna Crozier is a collection of thirty-five of her best poems, selected and introduced by Catherine Hunter, and includes an afterword by Crozier herself. Representing her work from
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Ten Canadian Writers in Context

Edited by Marie Carrière, Curtis Gillespie, Jason Purcell ...

Series series Robert Kroetsch Series
Ten years, ten authors, ten critics. The Canadian Literature Centre/Centre de littérature canadienne reaches into its ten-year archive of Brown Bag Lunch readings to sample some of the most diverse and powerful voices in contemporary Canadian literature. This anthology offers readers samples from some of Canada’s most exciting writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Each selection is ... Read more

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Ten years, ten authors, ten critics. The Canadian Literature Centre/Centre de littérature canadienne reaches into its ten-year archive of Brown Bag Lunch readings to sample some of the most diverse and powerful voices in contemporary Canadian literature. This anthology offers readers samples from some of Canada’s most exciting writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Each selection is
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Killdeer

essay-poems

by Phil Hall ...

Series Book 4 - Department of Critical Thought
WINNER OF THE 75th GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR POETRYWINNER OF THE 25th TRILLIUM BOOK PRIZEWINNER OF AN ALCUIN AWARD FOR DESIGNSHORTLISTED FOR THE GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZEThese are poems of critical thought that have been influenced by old fiddle tunes. These are essays that are not out to persuade so much as ruminate, invite, accrue.Hall is a surruralist (rural & surreal), and a terroir-ist ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE 75th GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR POETRYWINNER OF THE 25th TRILLIUM BOOK PRIZEWINNER OF AN ALCUIN AWARD FOR DESIGNSHORTLISTED FOR THE GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZEThese are poems of critical thought that have been influenced by old fiddle tunes. These are essays that are not out to persuade so much as ruminate, invite, accrue.Hall is a surruralist (rural & surreal), and a terroir-ist
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A Cup of Roses, Stories by 8 Writers

Edited by Fiona Gold Kroll ...

A Cup of Roses, Stories by 8 Writers brims with tales of joy, passion, humour, tragedy, history, food writing and poetry. These compelling narratives will surprise and provoke the reader to view life through unexpected perspectives.In 2012, award winning author and artist Ruth Frankel-Graner formed a writer’s group in Toronto. When Ruth suddenly died, author Fiona Gold Kroll assumed the helm and ... Read more

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A Cup of Roses, Stories by 8 Writers brims with tales of joy, passion, humour, tragedy, history, food writing and poetry. These compelling narratives will surprise and provoke the reader to view life through unexpected perspectives.In 2012, award winning author and artist Ruth Frankel-Graner formed a writer’s group in Toronto. When Ruth suddenly died, author Fiona Gold Kroll assumed the helm and
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Pauline Johnson

Selected Poetry and Prose

by Pauline Johnson ...

Series Book 23 - Voyageur Classics
Pauline Johnson was an unusual and unique presence on the literary scene during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Part Mohawk and part European, she was a compelling female voice in the midst of an almost entirely male writing community. Having discovered her talent for public recitation of poetry, Johnson relied on her ancestry and gender to establish an international reputation for her ... Read more

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Pauline Johnson was an unusual and unique presence on the literary scene during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Part Mohawk and part European, she was a compelling female voice in the midst of an almost entirely male writing community. Having discovered her talent for public recitation of poetry, Johnson relied on her ancestry and gender to establish an international reputation for her
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Notebooks

Selections from the A.M. Klein Papers (Collected Works of A.M. Klein)

by A.M. Klein ...

Series series Heritage
Much of A.M. Klein's finest prose is to be found in the mass of uncompleted work that he abandoned at the time of his breakdown, and that became accessible only when his papers were deposited in the National Archives. Notebooks offers a generous selection of this work, revealing previously unsuspected facets of Klein's character and artistry.The fiction, criticism, and memoirs collected here focus ... Read more

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Much of A.M. Klein's finest prose is to be found in the mass of uncompleted work that he abandoned at the time of his breakdown, and that became accessible only when his papers were deposited in the National Archives. Notebooks offers a generous selection of this work, revealing previously unsuspected facets of Klein's character and artistry.The fiction, criticism, and memoirs collected here focus
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Collected Poems

by Isabella Valancy Crawford, Douglas Lochhead ...

Series series Heritage
This volume established Isabella Valancy Crawford as one of Canada's principal poets. Coupled with an introductory collage of viewpoints and reactions to her work by James Reaney its provides a vivid glimpse into the literary past of this country.Although her poetry reflects the patterns of her time, Isabella Valancy Crawford was able to accept the raw and vigorous Canadian landscape on its own ... Read more

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This volume established Isabella Valancy Crawford as one of Canada's principal poets. Coupled with an introductory collage of viewpoints and reactions to her work by James Reaney its provides a vivid glimpse into the literary past of this country.Although her poetry reflects the patterns of her time, Isabella Valancy Crawford was able to accept the raw and vigorous Canadian landscape on its own
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At the Mermaid Inn

by Wilfred Campbell, Archibald Lampman, Duncan Campbell Scott, Douglas Lochhead ...

Series series Heritage
The original At the Mermaid Inn, one of the most notable literary endeavours in Canada, was the result of the combined efforts of three poets: Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918), Archibald Lampman (1861-99), and Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947).A Saturday column that ran in the Toronto Globe from 6 February 1892 until 1 July 1893, it covered a wide range of material – original poetry and prose, book ... Read more

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The original At the Mermaid Inn, one of the most notable literary endeavours in Canada, was the result of the combined efforts of three poets: Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918), Archibald Lampman (1861-99), and Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947).A Saturday column that ran in the Toronto Globe from 6 February 1892 until 1 July 1893, it covered a wide range of material – original poetry and prose, book
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Chamber Music

The Poetry of Jan Zwicky

by Jan Zwicky ...

Series Book 22 - Laurier Poetry
Arcing across thirty years and seven volumes, Jan Zwicky’s poetry has always been acutely musical (and sensitive to the silence out of which music comes). In the compositions in Chamber Music, the first anthology of Zwicky’s poems, one may perceive the attunement of her vocations: poet, philosopher, violinist. Her poetry both praises and relinquishes the earth, bearing witness to the fierce skies ... Read more

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Arcing across thirty years and seven volumes, Jan Zwicky’s poetry has always been acutely musical (and sensitive to the silence out of which music comes). In the compositions in Chamber Music, the first anthology of Zwicky’s poems, one may perceive the attunement of her vocations: poet, philosopher, violinist. Her poetry both praises and relinquishes the earth, bearing witness to the fierce skies
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The Critical Writings of bpNichol

by bp Nichol ...

For bpNichol, who called himself a writer who writes about the act of writing,” criticism was not only a means to address his own poetics and the textual practices of his generation; it was just as essential to his imagination as were his poems themselves.Finally, after years of readers struggling to find or access many of Nichol’s innovative critical writings, this much needed and anticipated ... Read more

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For bpNichol, who called himself a writer who writes about the act of writing,” criticism was not only a means to address his own poetics and the textual practices of his generation; it was just as essential to his imagination as were his poems themselves.Finally, after years of readers struggling to find or access many of Nichol’s innovative critical writings, this much needed and anticipated
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A Dark Corner of My Soul

by Michel Weatherall ...

A short selection of dark poetry.Foreward by Lydia Schoch (blogger & Goodreads Author)"A Dark Corner of my Soul was a refreshing and well-written read, a raw and honest compilation of poetry purely written from his heart. Dare I say, very Leonard Cohen-ish!"Brigitte Lord, author of "We Live in the Shadows""An amazing collection of literary prose which Weatherall has kept locked in a desk drawer ... Read more

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A short selection of dark poetry.Foreward by Lydia Schoch (blogger & Goodreads Author)"A Dark Corner of my Soul was a refreshing and well-written read, a raw and honest compilation of poetry purely written from his heart. Dare I say, very Leonard Cohen-ish!"Brigitte Lord, author of "We Live in the Shadows""An amazing collection of literary prose which Weatherall has kept locked in a desk drawer
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