The civilizing discourse : interviews with Canadian poets /
"In a series of passionate, enlightening, frank, engaging, and sometimes astonishing conversations, thirteen poets--many acknowledged masters--open up about their writing processes, their childhoods and marriages, their regrets, as well as their hopes for and frustration with poetry. From Norm...
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| Language: | English |
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Montreal, Quebec :
Signal Editions,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "In a series of passionate, enlightening, frank, engaging, and sometimes astonishing conversations, thirteen poets--many acknowledged masters--open up about their writing processes, their childhoods and marriages, their regrets, as well as their hopes for and frustration with poetry. From Norm Sibum describing his affinity with a waitresses and cabbies to Nyla Matuk's wrenching investigations into the Palestinian side of her family; from Don Coles's obsession with alternative universes to Robyn Sarah's praise for discarded things; from Elise Partridge describing her shift in priorities after a cancer diagnosis to Steven Heighton's interest in remaining childlike, The Civilizing Discourse is not only a highly readable record of the literary scene today, but, in its celebration of language, will appeal to poetry readers and poets alike. Poets included: Daryl Hine, Norm Sibum, Marius Kociejowski, Don Coles, Elise Partridge, Steven Heighton, Robyn Sarah, A.F. Moritz, Robert Bringhurst, Anne Compton, Nyla Matuk, Iman Mersal."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 233 pages ; 20 cm Issued also in electronic format. |
| ISBN: | 9781550656640 1550656643 |