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ISBN 13: 978-0-88971-237-9
ISBN 10: 0-88971-237-9 Price: $16.95 CAD; $16.95 USD Paperback 5.25 x 7.5 - 96 pp October 2008 
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Letters I Didn't Write
Accomplished Atlantic poet explores humanity's eternal search for a sense of belonging.
Book DescriptionLetters I Didn't Write is a contemplative collection of poems imbued with a sense of longing for opportunities lost and lives unfulfilled. Acclaimed poet John Mackenzie explores a sweeping range of subjects, from the tragedies of war to the musings of a discouraged physics major to the violent end of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. At the centre of MacKenzie's collection is a series of poems inspired by country singer Hank Williams, "an angel from Montgomery/who has written himself like a virus into music."Ultimately, MacKenzie's finest skill is his ability to transport readers to a greater context of human relationships, community, and our search for home and a sense of belonging. His questioning brings us all closer to "the fragments found scrawled/in the margins of silence, disaster, epiphany." |
