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In the End, Controlled Elegance
I first discovered the writings of Louise Glück while summering in Maine over a decade ago. I remember the moment because it was the first time that a contemporary poet literally had me spellbound—even before I’d gotten the book out of the bookstore. (Reviewed in The Gazette, Saturday, June 23, 2007)
Jul 4, 2007, 15:31
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Poems of Gentle Wisdom - Unity, Community, Man and Nature
Given the recent eruption of violence in the Middle East, these are difficult times to be reading poetry. On the other hand, perhaps they are just the right times, especially in the case of these three books, which come to us as gentle prayers in the midst of all the chaos. Whether arguing for the sacredness of nature and life or revisiting God, the “original poet” who cast our world, each book, in its own way is an appeal for balance, a plea for human decency and compassion in these unsettling, precarious times of ours.
(Published in The Gazette, August 5, 2006)
Aug 6, 2006, 01:39
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Kerouac's Sketches Show '50s America
In 1951, architect Ed White issued a challenge to his old college friend Jack Kerouac: “...sketch in the streets like a painter but with words.” Agreeable, Kerouac embarked on a cross-country meander through America from 1952 to 1954, penning his observations and meditations on art and life into small notebooks he carried in his shirt pockets.
Jul 10, 2006, 21:15
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Poems to Help You Get Through a Bad Day
A review of Garrison Keillor's anthology of poems collected from his Writer's Almanac radio show;
Published in The Gazette, Saturday, October 15, 2005
Apr 30, 2006, 08:26
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Quebec Poets Contemplate the City of Light
Too many of the poems here read like shopping lists of favourite tourist attractions;
Reviewed for The Gazette, Saturday, July 31, 2004
Apr 30, 2006, 08:16
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Ampersand. Ed. Carolyn Marie Souaid. Montreal: Editorial Poetas de América.
Jul 4, 2007.
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