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You Don’t Get to Be a Saint

By (author): Patrick Friesen

You Don’t Get to Be a Saint is a sharp-edged collage full of the echoes of human movement and voice”Patrick Friesen is one of the poets we can’t do without.”–Dennis Lee

AUTHOR

Patrick Friesen

Patrick Friesen writes poetry, essays, drama, scripts, songs, and text for dance and music. The author of over a dozen books of poetry, Friesen has collaborated with various musicians, including Big Dave McLean, Cate Friesen, and Marilyn Lerner, and with choreographer-dancers Margie Gillis, Stephanie Ballard, and Ruth Cansfield. Friesen also teaches, part-time, as a sessional in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria. His most recent poetry book is ‘jumping in the asylum'(Quattro Books, 2011). Formerly of Winnipeg, Friesen now lives in Brentwood Bay on Vancouver Island.

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You Don’t Get to Be a Saint is a sharp-edged collage full of the echoes of human movement and voice”Patrick Friesen is one of the poets we can’t do without.”–Dennis Lee

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Dimensions:

81 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * 1in
1lb

Published:

January 16, 1992

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Turnstone Press

ISBN:

9780888011633

Book Subjects:

POETRY / General

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Language:

eng

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