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Book Synopsis Alden Nowlan Selected Poems by : Alden Nowlan
Download or read book Alden Nowlan Selected Poems written by Alden Nowlan and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best of beloved poet Alden Nowlan's explicitly honest, direct, and insightful poetry. Now featuring an introduction by Susan Musgrave. Alden Nowlan, one of Canada's finest and most influential poets, died in 1983. He leaves a rich legacy of poetry that is accessible yet profound, and that speaks to people's lives with wry observation and keen insight. Alden Nowlan Selected Poems is for Nowlan fans and new readers alike. The poems included in this volume reflect the recurring themes that illuminate Nowlan's work, and it is truly the best of his poetry. Above all, this volume is a tribute to a poet who deserves to be treasured for all time.
Book Synopsis What Happened when He Went to the Store for Bread by : Alden Nowlan
Download or read book What Happened when He Went to the Store for Bread written by Alden Nowlan and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis If I Could Turn and Meet Myself by : Patrick Toner
Download or read book If I Could Turn and Meet Myself written by Patrick Toner and published by Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane. This book was released on 2000 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At his death in 1985, Alden Nowlan stood in the first rank of Canadian writers. Today, his poetry is beloved by Maritimers and popular across Canada and in the US as well. If I Could Turn and Meet Myself tells his life story, from his birth to a 14-year-old mother in 1933 through his impoverished childhood, his disturbed adolescence, his newspaper career, his struggle with cancer, and his tenure as writer-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick. Nowlan founded his success and peace of mind on his belief that he was a composite of many selves. In 12 books of poetry, two novels, a book of stories, and 15 years of weekly columns for the Saint John Telegraph Journal, he fictionalized his own life. At the same time, he hid some of the most significant facts about his background from everyone, including those closest to him. His overall personal honesty ensured that even today people accept his "authorized version" as the full and only story. In If I Could Turn and Meet Myself, Patrick Toner portrays a more complex and more richly humane Nowlan than any previous commentator, including Nowlan himself.
Book Synopsis The Mysterious Naked Man by : Alden Nowlan
Download or read book The Mysterious Naked Man written by Alden Nowlan and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nine Micmac Legends by : Alden Nowlan
Download or read book Nine Micmac Legends written by Alden Nowlan and published by Hantsport, N.S. : Lancelot Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alden Nowlan is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. Though he earned his living as a journalist, he is perhaps best known as a poet; he won the Governor-General's Award for his collection Bread, Wine, and Salt in 1967. He penned four novels as well as numerous non-fiction books.
Book Synopsis Best Canadian Poetry 2020 by : Marilyn Dumont
Download or read book Best Canadian Poetry 2020 written by Marilyn Dumont and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A best poem fulfills the promise set out in its first syllable, word, syntax, line break, and soundscape to its reader/listener." “What is a best poem?” asks Best Canadian Poetry 2020 guest editor Marilyn Dumont, the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of four poetry collections. “A best poem fulfills the promise set out in its first syllable, word, syntax, line break, and soundscape to its reader/listener. The work required to complete a poem takes risk, skill, and practice, and the poems selected for this anthology all exhibit such attributes.” In precise language that exposes the attitudes inherent in English, innovative forms that illuminate their content, and mastery of music akin to a composer’s score, the fifty poems collected here fulfill their promises and, in doing so, demonstrate the country’s rich diversity and talent for invention—and the promises it might fulfill as well. Featuring introductions by series editor Anita Lahey and advisory editor Amanda Jernigan, and poems by: Kazim Ali • Amber Dawn • Billy-Ray Belcourt • Brandi Bird • Selina Boan • Margret Bollerup • Rita Bouvier • Tim Bowling • Frances Boyle • Di Brandt • Rob Budde • Mugabi Byenkya • Dell Catherall • Margaret Christakos Ivan Coyote • Barry Dempster • Kyle Flemmer • Susan Haldane • Louise Bernice Halfe–Sky Dancer • Jane Eaton Hamilton • Maureen Scott Harris • Dallas Hunt • Ashley Hynd • Babo Kamel • Conor Kerr • Don Kerr • Fiona Tinwei Lam • Natalie Lim • Tanis MacDonald • Nyla Matuk • Sadie McCarney • Tara McGowan-Ross • Erín Moure • Roger Nash • Samantha Nock • Erin Noteboom • Abby Paige • Geoff Pevlin • Alycia Pirmohamed • Jana Prikryl • Jason Purcell • Armand Garnet Ruffo • Rebecca Salazar • Robyn Sarah • Erin Soros • Kevin Spenst • John Elizabeth Stintzi • Andrea Thompson • Sanna Wani • Adele Wiseman
Book Synopsis Bread, wine and salt by : Alden Nowlan
Download or read book Bread, wine and salt written by Alden Nowlan and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poetry for the Earth written by Sara Dunn and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 1992 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the state of the environment is a very current issue, passion and concern for the world around us is nearly as old as the world itself. Poetry for the Earth brings together a cross-section of some of the most beautiful and haunting poetry ever written in tribute to--or in mourning for--our magnificent landscapes.
Book Synopsis One Heart, One Way by : Gregory M. Cook
Download or read book One Heart, One Way written by Gregory M. Cook and published by East Lawrencetown, N.S. : Pottersfield Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born near Windsor, Nova Scotia, poet, journalist and novelist Alden Nowlan challenged the apparent disadvantages of poverty, and a mere four grades of formal education, to publish 25 books, including three plays. Haunted by ghosts of his early life, Nowlan nevertheless discovered the ultimate "exchange of gifts" in the love of his wife and son. They fueled his bravery in plumbing the depths of human loneliness and confessing love's most tender expressions. Nowlan's empathy with society's poor, as well as the earth beneath his feet, finds him cited as often in medical school, pulpit, or military mess, as in the work of the poets he inspired. He lived long enough in his 50 years to appreciate the sternest discipline: "The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise." His writing earned him two honorary degrees and numerous awards, including a Guggenheim fellowship and the 1968 Governor General's Award For Poetry. That same year he became writer in residence at The University of New Brunswick, a position he filled until his death in 1983. Gregory M. Cook, the author of five books of poetry, became a close friend of Alden Nowlan during the last 20 years of his extraordinary life. The day they met for the senior poet's first published interview, Cook records magic moments of Nowlan's paternal and romantic love, his phenomenal compassion for the less fortunate other, and his intrinsic intelligence that was exhibited in his life and his works. Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Gregory Cook graduated from Acadia University. He has worked as a preacher, newspaper reporter,dramatist, freelance journalist, and Executive Director of the Writers' Federation of
Book Synopsis An Exchange of Gifts by : Alden Nowlan
Download or read book An Exchange of Gifts written by Alden Nowlan and published by Irwin Publishing. This book was released on 1985 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fauxccasional Poems by : Daniel Scott Tysdal
Download or read book Fauxccasional Poems written by Daniel Scott Tysdal and published by Icehouse Poetry. This book was released on 2015 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Fauxccasional Poems, Daniel Scott Tysdal imagines himself into poetic voices not his own, writing to commemorate events that never occurred, for the posterity of alternative universes -- and the delight of our own. From the reign of the first philosopher king once envisioned by Plato, to the twelfth-century Iroquois colonization of Europe, to Barack Obama's career as a poet, to the lasting peace to come under the rule of the Democratic Kampuchea Global Party, Tysdal envisions the paths not taken and what might have been. In these poems, the crew of the Enola Gay refuse to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, John F. Kennedy evades assassination, and Karl Marx moonlights as an agent provocateur for a capitalist consortium. In a dizzying display of poetic insight, technical prowess, and playful parody, Fauxccasional Poems brings these alternate universes to life, forcing the reader to ponder the contingency of history and how each moment brings us to a thousand turning points. Despite our certainties, nothing is ever as it seems, and the future unfolds against our best designs. History is an unreliable vessel for the upwelling of our deepest hopes and fears, and in Tysdal's hands poetry shakes history by the lapels and shouts, "Wake up! Your time is now!"
Book Synopsis An Island in the Sky by : Al Pittman
Download or read book An Island in the Sky written by Al Pittman and published by Breakwater Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compilation from one of Canada's most acclaimed writers spans four decades and six volumes. Often bittersweet and occasionally enigmatic, these poems represent Pittman's infinite talent. Targeted at a wide circle of readers, this book gives poetry back to the people, where it truly belongs.
Book Synopsis Down by Jim Long's Stage by : Al Pittman
Download or read book Down by Jim Long's Stage written by Al Pittman and published by Breakwater Books. This book was released on 1976-06 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fishy rhyming "tail."
Download or read book Twoism written by Ali Blythe and published by Icehouse Poetry. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems by Canadian poet Ali Blythe.
Book Synopsis Best Maritime Short Stories by : George Peabody
Download or read book Best Maritime Short Stories written by George Peabody and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maritimes are rich in story-telling traditions, and home to many of Canada's great short story writers. Their strong Maritime voices are collected here in this splendid anthology of short stories. Best Maritime Short Stories is a collection of the work of long-established and lesser-known writers, including stories by Charles Bruce, Ernest Buckler, Lesley Choyce, Susan Kerslake, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Alistair Macleod, Alden Nowlan, J J Steinfeld, Kent Thompson, among others. Best Maritime Short Stories is a wonderful introduction to the exciting contemporary literature of Canada's Maritime Provinces.
Book Synopsis An Orange from Portugal by : Anne Simpson
Download or read book An Orange from Portugal written by Anne Simpson and published by Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's often said that the main export of the Maritimes is Maritimers, and the same is true of Newfoundland. "Going down the road" is a way of life, but so is coming home for Christmas. It is tradition marked by happiness, fun, and sometimes less comfortable emotions. Given the regional penchant for yarn spinning, this common experience yields an abundance of stories. In An Orange from Portugal, editor Anne Simpson takes liberties with the concept of "story" to produce a book bursting with Christmas flavour. Many of her choices are fiction, others are memoirs, tall tales, poems, or essays, and still others defy classification. Some authors are nationally and even internationally famous, some are well known in the region, and others are published here for the first time. Spanning more than a century of seasonal writing, the collection includes a description of killing a pig aboard the sailing ship Argonauta for Christmas dinner; Hugh MacLennan"s Halifax waif who wants nothing more than for Santa to bring him a real orange, an orange from Portugal; a story by Alden Nowlan and another by Harry Bruce giving very different versions of what the animals in the barn do on Christmas Eve; a story about Jewish children hanging up their stockings; and very new work by young writers Lisa Moore and Michael Crummey. Beautiful poems by Lynn Davies, Milton Acorn and others leaven the collection for readers of all persuasions. Other authors include: Wayne Johnston, Mary Pratt, David Adams Richards, Carol Bruneau, Wilfred Grenfeld, L.M. Montgomery, Paul Bowdring, Grace Ladd, Herb Curtis, Joan Clark, Ernest Buckler, Rhoda Graser, Bert Batstone, Elisabeth Harvor, David Weale, Charles G.D. Roberts, Ronald F. Hawkins, Mark Jarman, Elsie Charles Basque, Richard Cumyn, Herménégilde Chiasson, Stan Dragland, Alistair MacLeod, and Bernice Morgan. An Orange from Portugal is a Christmas feast, with the scent of turkey and the sound of laughter wafting from the kitchen, and a flurry of snow outside the window.
Download or read book Staying Alive written by Neil Astley and published by Miramax. This book was released on 2003 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A phenomenon in Britain, this passionate collection of 500 contemporary poems has tremendous appeal for poetry lovers and novices alike.
