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Dancers in a Web

by (author) Andrew Parkin

Publisher
Turnstone Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1987
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888011213
    Publish Date
    Jan 1987
    List Price
    $8.95

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Description

From a winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book.Death brings a Canadian farm woman and a Brazilian plant collector together on the Amazon for an unlikely journey.

About the author

Andrew Parkin emigrated to Canada in 1970. In 1990 he went to Hong Kong as Head and Chair Professor of English and Fellow of Shaw College, instigating Chinese-English poetry readings by local and visiting poets. He taught graduate courses, creative writing and children’s literature. Since he has been abroad, Andrew has visited Canada every year to be with family and friends. His first three collections of poetry were published in Canada, including his previous Ekstasis book, Yokohama Days, Kyoto Nights. He has given both academic lectures and interactive poetry readings in many countries around the world.

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