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Poetry Canadian

Going to the Eyestone

by (author) Deirdre Dwyer

Publisher
Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.
Initial publish date
Oct 2002
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919897830
    Publish Date
    Oct 2002
    List Price
    $15.00

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Out of print

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Description

"Whether Dwyer explores the tenuous connections between generations or those caught in the fabric of history, her poems always manage to capture those fleeting moments that change us. Throughout this astounding book, she gives us intimate and honest takes on love, family, loss and tragedy. From a few carefully chosen details, her poems illuminate whole lives. These are poems you will want to return to often." - Robert Hillies

About the author

Deirdre Dwyer has published poetry in numerous literary magazines across Canada, including The New Quarterly, McGill Street Magazine, Arc, Canadian Literature, Fireweed, Room of One's Own, Dalhousie Review, TickleAce, Windsor Review and others. Born in Nova Scotia in 1958, Dwyer has been writing poetry since her teacher taught her haiku in grade six. She has a B.A. from Dalhousie University where she studied Philosophy, and a M.A. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor. She's worked as a bookseller, an instructor of English in Windsor, Ontario, a Second Language teacher in Tokyo, Japan, and a Creative Writing instructor in Halifax. Now a tutor at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, she spends her time in Halifax and in Musquodoboit Harbour, where she and her husband, Hans, are slowly finishing the interior of their house by the water.

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