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An integrated collection of poems written over a six-year period, Ken Norris charts the music of everyday life, of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday, of sex and jazz, of poetry and baseball.
An integrated collection of poems written over a six-year period, Ken Norris charts the music of everyday life, of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday, of sex and jazz, of poetry and baseball.
Born in New York City in 1951, Ken Norris came to Canada in the early 1970s. He is currently a Professor of Canadian Literature, University of Maine. One of Canada's most prolific poets, Norris is the author of more than 30 books. His work has been widely anthologized in Canada and throughout the English-speaking world, as well as published in translation in France, Belgium, Israel and China. He divides his time between Canada, the U.S., and Asia.
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