Blind Date With The Angel
- Publisher
- Ekstasis Editions
- Initial publish date
- Sep 1998
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896860374
- Publish Date
- Sep 1998
- List Price
- $15.00
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Description
Blind Date with the Angel is a poetic tribute to the life and work of photographer Diane Arbus. Using language that is often as visceral and stark as the photographer’s famous images, Guppy invites the reader to explore the implications of replicating the human image and the impact of Arbus’ work on her subjects.
About the author
Poet and short story writer Stephen Guppy lives on Vancouver Island. He is the author of "Another Sad Day at the Edge of the Empire" and the poetry collections "Understanding Heaven", which was shortlisted for the BC Book Prize/Dorothy Livesay Award for Poetry, and "Blind Date With The Angel: The Diane Arbus Poems". A new short story collection entitled "The Work of Mercy" is also forthcoming from Thomas Allen Publishers, containing the story "Downwind", which was shortlisted for The Journey Prize. "The Fire Thief" is his first novel.