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Poetry Anthologies (multiple Authors)

Under the Mulberry Tree

poems for & about Raymond Souster

edited by James Deahl

Publisher
Quattro Books
Initial publish date
Apr 2014
Category
Anthologies (multiple authors), Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927443637
    Publish Date
    Apr 2014
    List Price
    $20.00

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Out of print

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Description

Under the Mulberry Tree is an anthology of poems paying affectionate and admiring tribute to one of the most important figures in Canadian poetry in the second half of the 20th Century. Raymond Souster (1921-2012) was a groundbreaking poet of wide-ranging influence who distinguished himself like no one else, as an editor, publisher, readings organizer, and mentor. The poets contributing to this anthology include some who knew Souster personally and others from younger generations who are extending the tradition of modernist "People's Poetry" in a Sousterian spirit. Some of the better-known of the 35 contributors include Dennis Lee, Glen Sorestad, David Donnell, Bruce Meyer, Norma West Linder, Robert Currie, Terry Ann Carter, Karl Jirgens, and John Robert Colombo. The book features a substantial editor's introduction which details Raymond Souster's many remarkable achievements.

About the author

James Deahl was born in Pittsburgh in 1945, and grew up in that city as well as in and around the Laurel Highlands of the Appalachian Mountains. He moved to Canada in 1970 and holds Canadian citizenship. He’s the author (or, in the case of Tu Fu’s poetry, translator) of twenty literary titles. His most recent books are North of Belleville and Opening The Stone Heart. A cycle of his poems is the focus of a one-hour TV special, Under the Watchful Eye. Both the video and an audiotape have been reissued on CD and DVD by Silver Falls Video. In addition to his writing, he has taught creative writing and Canadian literature at the high school, college, and university levels. He no longer teaches, and for over a dozen years has mostly been a full-time writer/editor/translator. James Deahl lives in Sarnia. He is the father of Sarah, Simone, and Shona.

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