The Long Road Home
- Publisher
- Goose Lane Editions
- Initial publish date
- May 1994
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780864921789
- Publish Date
- May 1994
- List Price
- $12.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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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.