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Odysseus Asleep

Uncollected Sequences, 1994-2019

by (author) Peter Sanger

Publisher
Gaspereau Press Ltd.
Initial publish date
Oct 2019
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781554472048
    Publish Date
    Oct 2019
    List Price
    $21.95

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Description

Peter Sanger’s great gift is that of drawing his readers deeper in, of revealing how literary habits of mind might tease hidden order and interconnection out of seemingly inert and ordinary subjects. Odysseus Asleep collects a number of poem sequences that previously appeared in small chapbooks and limited-edition publications, including The Third Hand (1994), Ironworks (1995), Stone Notes (1997), Kerf (2002), and Arborealis (2005), adding to them a new poem, ‘Odysseus Awake.’

 

About the author

Raised in Ontario, Peter Sanger (1943) was born in Worcestershire, England, and was for twenty-six years a professor at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro. An editor of The Antigonish Review, Sanger also edited John Thompson: Collected Poems and Translations (1995). He founded the Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia. His books on poetry include SeaRun: Notes on John Thompson's "Stilt Jack" (1986) and "Her kindled shadow . . .": An Introduction to the Work of Richard Outram (2001, 2002). A collection of essays, Spar: Words in Place, was published by Gaspereau Press in 2002.

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