Field Marks

The Poetry of Don McKay

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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This volume features thirty-five of Don McKay's best poems, which are selected with a contextualizing introduction by Méira Cook that probes wilderness and representation in McKay, and the canny, quirky, thoughtful, and sometimes comic self-consciousness the poems adumbrate. Included is McKay's afterword written especially for this volume in which McKay reflects on his own writing process - its relationship to the earth and to metamorphosis.Don McKay has published eight books of poetry. He won the Governor General's Award in 1991 (for Night Field) and in 2000 (for Another Gravity), a National Magazine Award (1991), and the Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry in 1984 (for Birding, Or Desire). Don McKay was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize for Camber and was the Canadian winner of the 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize for Strike/Slip. Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, McKay has been active as an editor, creative writing teacher, and university instructor, as well as a poet. He has taught at the University of Western Ontario, the University of New Brunswick, The Banff Centre, The Sage Hill Writing Experience, and the BC Festival of the Arts. He has served as editor and publisher of Brick Books since 1975 and from 1991 to 1996 as editor of The Fiddlehead. He resides in British Columbia.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-04-30
Mått152 x 229 x 6 mm
Vikt165 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieLaurier Poetry
Antal sidor88
FörlagWilfrid Laurier University Press
ISBN9780889204942

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Don McKay has published eight books of poetry. Among his many awards are the Governor General's Award in 1991 (for Night Fields) and in 2000 (for Another Gravity). He was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize for Camber and was the Canadian winner in 2007 for Strike/Slip. Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, Don McKay has been active as an editor, creative writing teacher, and university instructor, as well as a poet. He lives in Newfoundland. Méira Cook was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1964, received her PhD in Canadian literature from the University of Manitoba, and has recently completed a two-year term as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia. She has published poetry, criticism, a novel and, in 2005, Writing Lovers: Reading Canadian Love Poetry by Women. She has taught creative writing in high schools, literature at university, and has worked as a freelance film and arts reviewer and editor. She lives in Winnipeg.

Field Marks: The Poetry of Don McKay selected with an introduction by Méira CookForewordNeil BesnerBiographical NoteIntroduction: Song for the Song of the Dogged BirdwatcherMéira CookDown River, Into the Camp At the Long Sault Parkway The Great Blue HeronThe Eye Meets Tom Thomson's ""A Rapid""The TroutAugustLependu nearly materialized by his blackbirdsField Marks: LeavingThe Boy's Own Guide to Dream BirdsI Scream You ScreamAdagio for a Fallen SparrowField Marks (2):Identification VIA, Eastbound Buckling Some Functions of a LeafHow to Imagine an Albatrossfrom Black SpruceAnother Theory of Dusk Meditation on a GeodeChoosing the Bow Meditation on ShovelsPoplarEarly InstrumentsTwinflowerAlibi Materiel: (i) The Man from Nod(ii) Fates Worse Than Death Setting the Table(i) Knife(ii) Fork (iii) SpoonSometimes a Voice (1)LoadLuna Moth MeditationHush FactorSometimes a Voice (2)AstonishedAfterword: The Shell of the TortoiseDon McKayAcknowledgements

``The quest for a wider audience for poetry may be quixotic, but this series makes a serious attempt to present attractive, affordable selections that speak to contemporary interests and topics that might engage a younger generation of readers. Yet it does not condescend, preferring to provide substantial and sophisticated poets to these new readers. At the very least, these slim volumes will make very useful introductory teaching texts in post-secondary classrooms because they whet the appetite without overwhelming.'' -- Paul Milton -- Canadian Literature, 193, Summer 2007, 201003