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The fruit Adam ate in paradise was pathos. The other fruit was happiness. And though he may have tasted it then, we still hunger for it. In Mesopotamia, Bruce Meyer explores the various paradises that are both lost and found in the world of the present and the realms of the ... Read more
The fruit Adam ate in paradise was pathos. The other fruit was happiness. And though he may have tasted it then, we still hunger for it. In Mesopotamia, Bruce Meyer explores the various paradises that are both lost and found in the world of the present and the realms of the past. Meyer takes his readers on a voyage of discovery in search of that essence of humanity that is never quite cut off from us, no matter how aflame the angel’s sword may be.
Bruce Meyer is the author of more than forty-five books of poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, literary journalism, and textbooks. His broadcasts such as The Great Books and Great Poetry: Poetry is Life and Vice-Versa with Michael Enright are the CBC's bestselling spoken-word audio cds. His most recent books include the anthology, We Wasn't Pals: Canadian Poetry and Prose of the First World War (co-edited with Barry Callaghan with an afterword by Margaret Atwood), the poetry books The Obsession Book of Timbuktu, Testing the Elements, and The Seasons, and the short story collection A Chronicle of Magpies. He is professor of English at Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario, and visiting professor of literature at Victoria College in the University of Toronto. He was the inaugural poet laureate of the City of Barrie from 2010 to 2014. He lives in Barrie with his wife and daughter.
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