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Overview
Sixteen Maritime poets explore the relationship between poetry and place in conversations with Anne Compton, the winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for Poetry.In responses that are at once feisty and articulate, informed and informal, the poets respond to questions about the writing process, their attachment to place, and the nature and significance of poetry in the 21st century. The immediacy of the conversational format captures perfectly the urgency with which present-day Maritime poets are writing about their region.
Posing essential questions about creativity, Meetings is a valuable primer on Maritime culture, as well as an essential exploration of issues surrounding the cultural unity in this country.
In addition to the Governor General's Award, Anne Compton has twice won the Atlantic Poetry Award, in 2003 for Opening the Island, and in 2006 for Processional.
An accomplished critic, Anne Compton conducts this thoughtful inquiry with the intelligence and passion that informs her own poetry.
Poets included in the book are:
Carole Langille
Sue Goyette
Thomas O_Grady
Elisabeth Harvor
Alan Wilson
Sue MacLeod
Peter Sanger
Brent MacLaine
John MacKenzie
Brian Bartlett
Bob Moore
Liliane Welch
Ross Leckie
John Smith
Anne Simpson
Synopsis
Sixteen Maritime poets explore the relationship between poetry and place in conversations with Anne Compton, the winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for Poetry.
In responses that are at once feisty and articulate, informed and informal, the poets respond to questions about the writing process, their attachment to place, and the nature and significance of poetry in the 21st century. The immediacy of the conversational format captures perfectly the urgency with which present-day Maritime poets are writing about their region.
Posing essential questions about creativity, Meetings is a valuable primer on Maritime culture, as well as an essential exploration of issues surrounding the cultural unity in this country.
In addition to the Governor General's Award, Anne Compton has twice won the Atlantic Poetry Award, in 2003 for Opening the Island, and in 2006 for Processional.
An accomplished critic, Anne Compton conducts this thoughtful inquiry with the intelligence and passion that informs her own poetry.
Poets included in the book are:
- George Elliott Clarke
Carole Langille
Sue Goyette
Thomas O_Grady
Elisabeth Harvor
Alan Wilson
Sue MacLeod
Peter Sanger
Brent MacLaine
John MacKenzie
Brian Bartlett
Bob Moore
Liliane Welch
Ross Leckie
John Smith
Anne Simpson