(alive)
Poems new and selected
- Publisher
- Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2004
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919897984
- Publish Date
- Sep 2004
- List Price
- $15.00
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Description
(alive): poems selected and new, is a volume of distilled grace. Twenty years of Rhea Tregebov's poetry have been collected in this work along with several new poems. This volume charts the course of a poetic career which has seen Tregebov consistently praised for her elegant writing, carefully shaped lines, and strong poetic voice, all of which are showcased in this new collection. With this work, it is easy to see how Rhea Tregebov has become the well-respected and popular poet that she is today.
About the author
Rhea Tregebov is the author of seven critically acclaimed books of poetry, most recently All Souls' (Wolsak & Wynn, 2019). She has also published five popular children's picture books including The Big Storm and What-If Sara, which are set in Winnipeg. She has edited ten anthologies of essays, poetry and fiction, most recently Arguing with the Storm. Her work has received a number of literary prizes, including the Nancy Richler Award for fiction (for Rue des Rosiers) as well as the Segal , Prairie Schooner Readers' Choice Award, and the Malahat Review Long Poem Award for her poetry. Rue des Rosiers is her second novel. The Knife Sharpener’s Bell, her first, won the J.I. Segal Prize in English Fiction. Born in Saskatoon and raised in Winnipeg, Tregebov lived for many years in Toronto, working as a freelance writer, editor, and instructor. From 2005 to 2017 she taught Creative Writing at UBC. She is now an Associate Professor Emerita at UBC.
Other titles by
Talking to Strangers
Rue Des Rosiers
All Souls'
The Knife Sharpener's Bell
A Novel
Arguing with the Storm
Stories by Yiddish Women Writers
Gifts
Poems For Parents
The Strength of Materials
Intersections
Fiction and Poetry from The Banff Centre for the Arts
What-If Sara
Rip Rap
Fiction and Poetry from The Banff Centre for the Arts