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Poetry Canadian

Matinee Light

by (author) Diana Hartog

Publisher
Coach House Books
Initial publish date
Jan 1998
Category
Canadian, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889102569
    Publish Date
    Jan 1998
    List Price
    $12.95

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Winner of the 1983 Pat Lowther Award

Hartog's first collection of poetry is a marvellous, luminous book from a writer with a sure wit, an abundance of feeling and a profound sense of the absurdity and rightness of life.

Hartog's perceptions of human nature are astute, intelligent and delightfully sympathetic to the human condition.'

–? Kinesis

'The world of these poems is one of flickering but very sharp images, much like the moving pictures of her California childhood... the afternoons of matinee light.'

–? Sharon Thesen, Line

'A beautifully constructed, disciplined first collection, filled with ironic wit, sensual vitality and subtlety.'

–? Malahat Review

About the author

Diana Hartog lives in New Denver, B.C. Her first book, Matinee Light, won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award from the League of Canadian Poets. Of that book critics said:`Hartog`s perceptions of human nature are astute, intelligent and delightfully sympathetic to the human condition.` - Kinesis `The world of these poems is one of flickering but very sharp images, much like the moving pictures of her California childhood,.. the afternoons of matinee light.` Sharon Thesen, Line`A beautifully constructed, disciplined first collection, filled with ironic wit, sensual vitality and subtlety.`- Malahat Review

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