By turns tender and rough-hewn, and always structurally inventive, the poems in Wendy's McGrath's new collection show a writer reaching the height of her creative powers. Whether evoking the vulgar give-and-take of a men's poker night, fleeting moments of connection between mothers and sons, afterons spent in overgrown backyard gardens, or wondrous childhood trips to the drive-in, McGrath's feel for the bygone details of working-class life is uncanny. The book's highlight is the playful poetic sequence that gives the book its title, the product of a more-than-decade-long improvisational collaboration with printmaker Walter Jule, a series of t-quite-mirror poems whose meanings reflect on each other in kaleidoscopic ways.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Newest Press
ISBN-10
1926455371
ISBN-13
9781926455372
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216679802
Product Key Features
Author
Wendy Mcgrath
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Poetry Texts & Poetry Anthologies
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Edmonton
Author Biography
A Published Poet, Wendy Mcgrath Lives in Edmonton with Her Husband and Two Sons.