Abraham

By (author): Colin Browne

In these passionate poems, this long poem, there is a story (there are stories) which a reader mines out of a landscape of language moulded under great pressure and eloquent of the stresses that formed it. This is non-representational work of great concentration and beauty.

“The skill and intense ardor of the mind at work … is delightful. The least one can learn from poetry that makes sweet music of the intelligence is that we can still measure, have measure.” — Fred Wah, Books in Canada

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Colin Browne

Colin Browne is the author of Abraham (Brick Books, 1987); the critically acclaimed collection of poetry Ground Water (Talonbooks, 2002), which was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award and a Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize; and The Shovel (Talonbooks, 2007), shortlisted for the 2008 ReLit Award. He was an editor of Writing magazine and co-founder of the Kootenay School of Writing, the Praxis Centre for Screenwriters and the Art of Documentary workshops.

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In these passionate poems, this long poem, there is a story (there are stories) which a reader mines out of a landscape of language moulded under great pressure and eloquent of the stresses that formed it. This is non-representational work of great concentration and beauty.

“The skill and intense ardor of the mind at work … is delightful. The least one can learn from poetry that makes sweet music of the intelligence is that we can still measure, have measure.” — Fred Wah, Books in Canada

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Dimensions:

80 Pages
8.5in * 7.5in * 0.25in
0.507lb

Published:

January 16, 1987

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Brick Books

ISBN:

9780919626331

Book Subjects:

POETRY / Canadian

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Language:

eng

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