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This was the river
- Title
- This was the river / John Pass.
- Author
- Pass, John, 1947-
- Publication
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 20-4622 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- White, Silas
- Description
- 80 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Beginning where he left off in crawlspace with "the little start I'm given, giving, that May be," John Pass's new poems articulate further entanglements with stasis, purpose and hope. He struggles as we all do under the weight of a world imperilled by climate change and environmental degradation. And the poems, characteristically alive with attuned observation and emotional honesty, glimpse unsettling limitations to our consciousness and conscience. This is particularly so regarding animals in the book's central sequence, "Creation of the Animals." Historically and geographically expansive, This Was the River is nonetheless approachably human. "Margined Burying Beetle" (winner of the Malahat Review's Open Season Award in 2016) is an astonishing homage to the poet's mother, one of several pieces touching upon grief and loss. There are joyous poems, too, for the births of his grandchildren, and slyly humorous asides on medical test results and poetry prizes. Pass's affection and sorrow for the natural world is at the book's heart, and as a whole This Was the River confirms his reputation as a poet of lyrical eloquence, masterful technique and both intellectual and emotional range."--
- Subject
- Poetry
- Genre/Form
- Poetry.
- Note
- Poems.
- "Edited by Silas White"--Title page verso.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-4622
- ISBN
- 9781550178753
- 155017875X
- LCCN
- 2019458954
- OCLC
- 1107990194
- Author
- Pass, John, 1947- author.
- Title
- This was the river / John Pass.
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Additional Formats
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Added Author
- White, Silas, editor.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Pass, John, 1947- This was the river. Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., [2019] 1550178768 9781550178760 (OCoLC)1107990120
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-4622