About the Author:
Judith Fitzgerald is the author of more than twenty collections of poetry as well as two bestselling biographies, "Marshall McLuhan: Wise Guy" (Dundurn, 2001) and "Building a Mystery: The Story of Sarah McLachlan and Lilith Fair" (Quarry, 1997). "Rapturous Chronicles" (Mercury, 1991) was nominated for the Governor General's Award for Poetry; her epyllion, River (ECW, 1995), was both shortlisted for the Trillium Award and honoured with the James McMaster Poetry Prize; and her collection of ghazals and sonnets, "Twenty-Six Ways Out of This World" (Above/ground Press, 1996), was named one of the six best poetry collections of the year published in English ("Globe and Mail"'s Top 100). "Given Names: New and Selected Poems" (Black Moss Press, 1985) was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award and won a Writers' Choice Award.
Thomas. Dilworth is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and specializes in Modern Literature and Romantic Poetry. He is the author of multiple volumes of literary criticism, one of which, "The Shape of Meaning in the Poetry of David Jones," won the British Council Prize in the Humanities.
Review:
“A book of passionate grief, exploring loss at its most heartfelt through a series of short lyric riffs ... Her poems move from incantation to sing-song rhyme and chant to ode ... Fitzgerald’s poems in this new collection are composed as exclamations, proclaiming and exploring grief and love, loss and regret, the most lively of which exist in that space where her language refuses the straight and simple line. Her strength comes from the gymnastic twist ...” – rob mclennan’s blog
“These poems are high-wire performances, in which all the glories of poetic history are employed, with sheer bravado, wit, & pizzazz. . A fitting tribute to all those it recalls, & to the poet whose final offering it has become.”
– Eclectic Ruckus (2016-05-18)
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