Why Are You So Sad
Selected Poems
- Publisher
- Insomniac Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2007
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897178416
- Publish Date
- Apr 2007
- List Price
- $21.95
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Description
His life in Canadian poetry has spanned five decades, and David W. McFadden is still going strong.This selection from his career to date brings back into print many of the greatest poems from nearly two dozen books. Chosen and introduced by fellow poet Stuart Ross, in full collaboration with the author, these poems reaffirm McFadden's status as one of Canada's most gratifying, ineffable, and necessary poets.
About the author
David W. McFadden has been publishing poetry since the early 1960s. Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems of David W. McFadden (Insomniac Press) was shortlisted for the 2008 Canadian Griffin Prize for Poetry, and Be Calm, Honey (Mansfield Press) was shortlisted for the 2009 Governor General’s Award for Poetry (his third such nomination). In 2013, McFadden won the Canadian Griffin Prize for Poetry for What’s the Score? (Mansfield Press). He is the author of about 30 books of poetry, fiction, and travel writing. McFadden lives in Toronto.
