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Camber

By Don McKay

By Don McKay

By Don McKay

By Don McKay

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Category: Poetry

Category: Poetry

Paperback $19.95

Mar 16, 2004 | ISBN 9780771057656

Ebook $14.99

Oct 14, 2014 | ISBN 9781551996677

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    About Camber

    The poetry of Don McKay is renowned for its piquant wit, lyric emotion, and pitch-perfect vernacular music. His work has received national acclaim and the recognition of many awards, including the Governor General’s Award for Poetry, which he has won twice, and, most recently, from the prestigious and internationally known Griffin Poetry Prize, for which his most recent book was a finalist.

    Camber is the lilt in the physics of flight, the anti-gravitational alchemy of both wings and poetry. It is also at the heart of the poetry of Don McKay. Spanning three decades, and drawing on all of McKay’s major collections, this selection distills the essence of his craft and provides an overview of, and an ideal introduction to, the work to date of one of Canada’s most celebrated poets.

    About Camber

    The poetry of Don McKay is renowned for its piquant wit, lyric emotion, and pitch-perfect vernacular music. His work has received national acclaim and the recognition of many awards, including the Governor General’s Award for Poetry, which he has won twice, and, most recently, from the prestigious and internationally known Griffin Poetry Prize, for which his most recent book was a finalist.

    Camber is the lilt in the physics of flight, the anti-gravitational alchemy of both wings and poetry. It is also at the heart of the poetry of Don McKay. Spanning three decades, and drawing on all of McKay’s major collections, this selection distills the essence of his craft and provides an overview of, and an ideal introduction to, the work to date of one of Canada’s most celebrated poets.

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    About Don McKay

    Don McKay is the multi-award-winning author of thirteen previous books of poetry, including Paradoxides; Strike/Slip, winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize; and Camber: Selected Poems, a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and a Globe and Mail Notable Book of the… More about Don McKay

    About Don McKay

    Don McKay is the multi-award-winning author of thirteen previous books of poetry, including Paradoxides; Strike/Slip, winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize; and Camber: Selected Poems, a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and a Globe and Mail Notable Book of the… More about Don McKay

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry

    Paperback | $19.95
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Mar 16, 2004 | 224 Pages | 5-3/8 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780771057656

    Category: Poetry

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Oct 14, 2014 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9781551996677

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    Praise

    “There may be no other poet in Canada who has such a fine ear for rhythm, for presenting an image that haunts you even in your sleep.…”
    –Edmonton Journal

    “Don McKay is a poet of the senses, not merely of their fingertip interactions with the world, but of the deeper senses, the bone experience of life.”
    –London Free Press
    “This is a poetry of extraordinary inventiveness and linguistic verve.… One of our finest poets.”
    –Montreal Gazette

    Awards

    Griffin Poetry Prize FINALIST 2005

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