Homecomings
Narrative Poems
- Publisher
- Goose Lane Editions
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1977
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919197992
- Publish Date
- Jan 1977
- List Price
- $5.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
An early collection of poems by one of the most erudite and skilled practitioners of poetry in Canada today.
About the author
One of Canada's most distinguished writers, M. Travis Lane lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She received her B.A. (Junior PBK) from Vassar College, and her M.A. and PhD. from Cornell University. She and her husband Lauriat Lane came to New Brunswick in 1960. Travis taught briefly at Cornell and at the University of New Brunswick and is a Honorary Research Associate with the English department at U.N.B. She is a member of the Voice of Women for Peace and a Raging Granny, a member of the Writer's Federation of New Brunswick and a Lifetime member of the League of Canadian Poets.
She has published nineteen books of poetry and two of prose. She has received numerous awards for her writing, including the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in Literary Arts, and the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for High Achievement in Literary Arts. She was also shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Poetry in 2015.