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Poetry Canadian

The Long Road Home

by (author) Eric Trethewey

Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
Initial publish date
May 1994
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780864921789
    Publish Date
    May 1994
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

Eric Trethewey's poetry embodies both his hard Nova Scotia boyhood and his professional understanding of his craft. His voice is controlled — even laconic — yet his vision is profound, and his mastery gives classic verse forms new resonance. The Long Road Home explores the contradition between the hope for epiphanic closure and the knowledge that nothing is left behind, ended or perfectly accomplished. But, in true Maritime spirit, this hidden grief often bursts out in ironic comedy.

About the author

Eric Trethewey has an international following, with four collections to his credit and publication in journals such as The Paris Review and The Atlantic Monthly. Poems in The Long Road Home have appeared in The New Republic, The Christian Science Monitor, The Canadian Forum, The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead and other magazines. After working at many jobs in many places, Trethewey now teaches at Hollins College, Virginia.

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