Songs For Relinquishing the Earth

by Jan Zwicky

Overview

Songs for Relinquishing the Earth contains many poems of praise and grief for the imperilled earth drawing frequently on Jan Zwicky’s experience as a musician and philosopher and on the landscapes of the prairies and rural Ontario.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781926829098
Publisher:	Brick Books
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	88
File size:	492 KB

About the Author

Jan Zwicky has published nine collections of poetry, including Songs for Relinquishing the Earth, which won the Governor General’s Award, and, most recently, Forge. Her books of philosophy include Lyric Philosophy, Wisdom&Metaphor, and Alkibiades’ Love. Zwicky grew up on the prairies, was educated at the Universities of Calgary and Toronto, and currently lives on the west coast of Canada.

Editorial Reviews

"These poems seem as simple as plainsong, but they have the effect of an axe chopping through light and breaking it into pieces."—Anne Simpson, The Antigonish Review

" ... A seamless collection ... a celebration of classical music and musicians, jazz, light, and an absence of self ... "—Kath Maclean, Prairie Fire

"I can't imagine that she can write much more piercingly about the problem of being."—Book Addiction

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