The Best of the Best Canadian Poetry in English The Tenth Anniversary Edition

by Lahey, Anita; Peacock, Molly

• ISBN13: 9781988040349
• ISBN10: 1988040345
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-11-01
• Publisher: Tightrope Books, Inc.

Summary

The Best of the Best Canadian Poetry in English takes the pulse of the last decade of Canadian poetry with ninety superb poems that have excelled—twice—at the test of “the best.” With poems chosen from the first nine volumes of this landmark series, this special tenth-anniversary edition highlights a vibrant variety of subjects from romance and family to ecology and the economy—not to mention blizzards and bears. Ranging from iconic poets Michael Ondaatje, Anne Carson, George Elliott Clarke, and P.K. Page to notable upstarts, the anthology includes an index for readers, notes from the poets, an illuminating analysis of Canadian poetics by series editor Molly Peacock, and provocative excerpts from past introductions by guest editors Stephanie Bolster, A.F. Moritz, Lorna Crozier, Priscila Uppal, Carmine Starnino, Sue Goyette, Sonnet L’Abbé, Jacob McArthur Mooney, and Helen Humphreys.

Author Biography

Anita Lahey is a poet, journalist, reviewer and essayist. She is the author of The Mystery Shopping Cart: Essays on Poetry and Culture (Palimpsest Press, 2013) and of two Véhicule Press poetry collections: Out to Dry in Cape Breton (2006) and Spinning Side Kick (2011). The former was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry and the Ottawa Book Award. Molly Peacock is a widely anthologized poet and writer. Her newest book of poetry is The Analyst, poems about psychoanalysis, poetry, and painting, from W.W. Norton in the US and Biblioasis in Canada.