This Wind
- Publisher
- J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1998
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896239163
- Publish Date
- Jan 1998
- List Price
- $12.95
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Description
Blending hard-edged observation with a fine dash of humour, the text maps the apprenticeship of the heart from the individual breath to the wind. At once an affirmation of the self and its annihilation, This Wind opens into the silence behind the words.
About the author
A New Englander by birth, Joan Ruvinsky moved to Montreal to study physics and, later, linguistics at McGill University. She lives in Quebec but travels far and wide to teach yoga and meditation. Her work has been published in Quarterly, Prism International, The Antigonish Review, Zynergy, Poetry Canada Review, Matrix, and Rubicon.