{"product_id":"best-canadian-poetry-2020-paperback","title":"Best Canadian Poetry 2020 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Dumont\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A best poem fulfills the promise set out in its first syllable, word, syntax, line break, and soundscape to its reader\/listener.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What is a best poem?\" asks \u003cem\u003eBest Canadian Poetry 2020\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing introductions by series editor Anita Lahey and advisory editor Amanda Jernigan, and poems by: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKazim 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarilyn Dumont is a Canadian poet of Cree\/Métis descent whose poetry has won provincial and national awards. She has been the writer-in-residence at five Canadian universities and the Edmonton Public Library as well as an advisor in the Aboriginal Emerging Writers Program at the Banff Centre. She teaches sessional creative writing for Athabasca University and Native studies and English for the University of Alberta, and currently lives in Edmonton. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47570756501725,"sku":"9781771963640","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/UgV52623-g9781771963640.webp?v=1773358615","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/best-canadian-poetry-2020-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}