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no cage contains a stare that well

by (author) Matt Robinson

Publisher
ECW Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2005
Category
General, Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550227116
    Publish Date
    Sep 2005
    List Price
    $16.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554901456
    Publish Date
    Sep 2005
    List Price
    $10.95

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Description

Each poem in this collection is a self-contained vessel in which a distinct bit of Canada's national game of hockey?a player or a fight, a save or a goal, an injury or a regret?is preserved.

About the author

matt robinson (1974), a native of Halifax, NS, now lives in Fredericton, NB. Winner of the 1999 Petra Kenney Poetry Competition and the 2001 Alfred G. Bailey Prize, he is a PhD student at the University of New Brunswick. His first collection of poetry, A Ruckus of Awkward Stacking (2000), was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and the ReLit Award for Poetry. He is on the editorial board of The Fiddlehead.

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