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Poetry Canadian

Hero of the Play

10th Anniversary Edition

by (author) Richard Harrison

Publisher
Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.
Initial publish date
Feb 2004
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919897953
    Publish Date
    Feb 2004
    List Price
    $15.00

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Description

Ten years ago, Richard Harrison thrilled poetry and hockey lovers with a collection of poetry devoted to the great Canadian game. This beloved collection has been re-issued with a new selection of poems, "The Hero in Overtime," an essay by the author on ten years of living with hockey poetry, and a foreword by Roy MacGregor.

"I was mesmerized by Harrison's writing — his observation that Mark Messier's stare 'weighs 200 pounds'; his descriptions of Don Cherry; his astonishing, yet accurate, comparison of hockey to Sumo wrestling — and I am delighted that, 10 years on, he is back with a new issue of Hero of the Play with all kinds of new writing to fascinate and intrigue and, most importantly, inspire those of us who profoundly believe it is impossible to know this country without knowing its game." — Excerpt from Foreword

About the author

Lee Easton and Richard Harrison are writers living in Calgary. They both work for Mount Royal College. Easton is a specialist in literature dealing with such subject areas of gender, media, literary theory, multi media and film. Harrison — nominated for the Governor General’s Award in 1999 — is the author of six books of poetry. He has also worked as an editor on more than 20 books.

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