"This book is amazing--I haven't discovered any writing in years so marvelously disturbing." --Alice Munro

The introduction, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance... [More...]

"Young MacDonald on the farm.
In Hugh MacDonald's poetry, one encounters reality in a sudden and surprising way. His poems sing of the Maritimes, and what it's like to grow up by the sea. He writes about farming on Prince Edward Island where he grew up,... [More...]

"Still: a calm, a lull, a pause; a single shot from a film, a static photograph; even now, as formerly; in addition, nevertheless, as yet; continually, constantly, invariably, always [OED].
The poems of this new collection explore what it is to be living... [More...]

"A new collection by an award-winning poet
In a matter of just a few years, Rob McLennan has produced seven collections of poetry. One of the most productive poets of his generation, he is able to reference a range of subjects in a small space,... [More...]

"New poems and previous gems from a master poet.
Totally Unused Heart covers the second half of internationally-acclaimed, award-winning Canadian poet John B. Lee's writing career. It combines recent poems written over the past two years with some of the... [More...]

The boundaries between politics and passion are explored in this book-length narrative poem in which a bereaved lover laments the death of his beloved. In the basement laboratory of an aquarium, Peter fills his notebook with memories of Helen and slowly... [More...]

Award-winning, exquisite poems are included in this collection from an acclaimed Canadian writer. Lush descriptions and rich imagery accompany the lyrical texture and resonant development of the individual poems as they move to a final impressive sequence.... [More...]