“Roo Borson invites us to embark on a meditative, imaginative and spiritual journey. This book has a profound inner life. It is resonant and whole, moving with quiet, apparently easy steps into the depth of human experience.”
–Jury citation, Governor General’s Award
In poetry, few things matter so much as a hungry eye, a fresh way of responding to the world… Roo Borson is a true original.”
–Maclean’s
“She’s become one of the best-known Canadian poets of her generation. She’s a clear writer, clear-minded, with a dark and musical imagination.”
–Washington Post
“She absorbs one totally, dissolving the conventional distinctions between body, mind, and heart.”
–Globe and Mail
“To read her poetry is to make an exhilarating discovery.”
–Toronto Star
Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry WINNER 2004
Griffin Poetry Prize WINNER 2005
Trillium Book Award FINALIST
