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Indigiqueerness

A Conversation about Storytelling

Athabasca University Press
  • Copyright year: 2023
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Little Wet-Paint Girl

Athabasca University Press
  • Copyright year: 2022
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Of Sunken Islands and Pestilence

Restoring the Voice of Edward Taylor Fletcher to Nineteenth-Century Canadian Literature

Athabasca University Press
  • Copyright year: 2022
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Shape Your Eyes by Shutting Them

Athabasca University Press
  • Copyright year: 2019
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Unforgetting Private Charles Smith

Athabasca University Press

A poetic setting of a World War I soldier's diary.

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From Turtle Island to Gaza

Athabasca University Press

An expression of the solidarity between Indigenous peoples within settler Canada and the people of Palestine.

  • Copyright year: 2019
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What We Are, When We Are

Kaj smo, ko smo

By Cvetka Lipuš; Translated by Tom Priestly
Athabasca University Press

Working within a postmodern style, this rhythmic and melodious collection of poems originally written in Slovenian by Cvetka Lipuš and translated here by Tom Priestly, blends the real with the surreal, dull urban lives with dreams.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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The Lays of Marie de France

Translated by David R. Slavitt
Athabasca University Press

The twelve “lays” of Marie de France, the earliest known French woman poet, are here presented in sprightly English verse by poet/translator David R. Slavitt.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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The Metabolism of Desire

The Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti

Athabasca University Press

Bringing his genuine poetic gifts to the project, Slavitt’s translations provide stronger evidence of the originals’ poetic qualities than has been available for at least a century. – Henry Taylor, Pulitzer Prize winner

  • Copyright year: 2012
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kiyâm

poems

Athabasca University Press

Contemplates language loss and recovery in the twenty-first century, by relating one woman's journey in learning an Indigenous language.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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The Kindness Colder Than the Elements

Athabasca University Press

Charles Noble’s poems push the boundaries of formal logic, using a poetic revitalization of the syllogism to experiment with conventionality.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Musing

Athabasca University Press

Musing is a book of sonnets, combining one of poetry’s most classic forms with history and landscape.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Praha

By E.D. Blodgett; Translated by Marzia Paton
Athabasca University Press

Renowned poet E.D. Blodgett pays poetic homage to Prague in this collection of poems celebrating the legendary city’s rich lifeblood.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Zeus and the Giant Iced Tea

Athabasca University Press

A dream-like voyage exploring Mexican cowboys, robots, and convenience store clerks, this collection shatters all preconceived notions of poetry.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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The dust of just beginning

Athabasca University Press

In this mature, accomplished collection, we can once again admire Don Kerr’s unique prairie voice – minimalist, self-effacing, immersed in his love of the vernacular language of this place.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Windfall Apples

Tanka and Kyoka

Athabasca University Press

In Windfall Apples, Richard Stevenson mixes east and west with backyard barbecue and rueful reflection.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Dreamwork

Athabasca University Press

Dreamwork is a poetic exploration of the then and there, here and now, of landscapes and inscapes over time.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Poems for a Small Park

Athabasca University Press

The powerful images and thoughtful metaphors in these short lyrics show readers the connections between Canadian nature (even within city limits) and the sublime, especially in the overwhelming silence we can sense outdoors – if we pay attention. The poet speaks to change by helping us see natural phenomena around us in a different light each time we read his poems.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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