love in a dry land

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By (author): Dennis Cooley

In love in a dry land Dennis Cooley continues his lifelong fascination with Sinclair Ross’ As for Me and My House. Shaped by Cooley’s expert hands, this long poem builds upon the foundations of one of Canlit’s most recognizable homes.

AUTHOR

Dennis Cooley

Recipient of the 2015 League of Canadian Poets’ Life Membership Award and the 2013 Manitoba Writers’ Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, Dennis Cooley has been a key figure in Winnipeg’s literary community for over 30 years. He has written extensively on Canadian literature, published 20 books of poetry, and edited numerous others. For years a CanLit professor at the University of Manitoba, Dennis Cooley, now retired, lives and writes in Winnipeg.