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Apostrophes VIII

Nothing Is But You and I

by (author) E.D. Blodgett

Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2019
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781772124514
    Publish Date
    Feb 2019
    List Price
    $21.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772124583
    Publish Date
    Mar 2019
    List Price
    $19.99

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The late sun falls slowly into the afternoon of your eyes, and there it pauses as one might pause to take a breath —from “Lost”

Nothing Is But You and I, the breathtaking final volume in the Apostrophes series, reveals poet E.D. Blodgett at his most accomplished. Lyrical grace meets exquisite technique as Blodgett fathoms intimacy, knowledge, and being. The poems allow us to listen to one side of an intimate conversation; yet despite this inward focus, the speaker looks up and out at a larger world, inviting us into contemplations of loss, time, memory, and the ineffable other.

About the author

 

Poet and scholar, E.D. Blodgett has published seventeen books of poetry two of which were awarded the Governor General’s Award. He is an Emeritus Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta. His research has varied from mediaeval European romance to Canadian Comparative Literature and his publications include Five-Part Invention: A History of Literary History in Canada (2003) and Elegy (2005).

Harold Coward is Professor Emeritus and the past director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria where he continues to be involved as a research fellow.

 

E.D. Blodgett's profile page

Awards

  • Short-listed, Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry | Alberta Book Publishing Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta

Editorial Reviews

# 2 on Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers list, March 10, 2019

"E.D. Blodgett’s final book Nothing Is But You and I completes his life long poem Apostrophes with a rumination on life, fragility, and time....[T]he poems formally reflect on time and duration, death and whatever comes next as our human matter unravels." [Full review at https://canlit.ca/article/something-attentive/]

Ryan Fitzpatrick

# 6 on Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers list, March 04, 2019

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