Groundswell: The Best of Above/ground Press, 1993-2003Through the work of 23 poets collected here, readers will experience the variety of writing represented by above/ground press of Maxville, Ontario. Mclennan's tastes are notoriously Catholic and demonstrate an awareness of both the historic tradition of Canadian literature (Newlove, Bowering, Coleman) and an acute affection for the contemporary (Holmes, Bolster, McElroy). Groundswell includes a complete, detailed bibliography of all publishing activity by above/ground press from 1993 to 2003. |
Contents
the best of aboveground press 19932003 | 9 |
madame sings orange butterflies kath macLean | 15 |
UNKNOWN LIQUID George Bowering | 21 |
Clare Latremouille | 27 |
MOUTH or PLACE NAMES Ian Whistle | 38 |
Tribeca Joe Blades | 45 |
inside | 53 |
A Medical History of Saskatoon Saskatchewan Carla Milo | 74 |
Even Adam Michelle Desbarats | 83 |
a song about Nelson Ball rob mclennan | 92 |
Hotels Michael Holmes | 113 |
written a poem about Montreal it would have looked like this | 131 |
Eulogistics Victor Coleman | 139 |
THE TASMANIAN DEVIL and other poems John Newlove | 150 |
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