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Arbutus/Madrone Files, The

Reading the Pacific Northwest

by (author) Laurie Ricou

Publisher
NeWest Press
Initial publish date
May 2002
Category
General, Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896300436
    Publish Date
    May 2002
    List Price
    $34.95

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Description

The first book-length commentary on twentieth-century Pacific Northwest writing, The Arbutus / Madrone Files explores the dynamics of the Pacific Northwest. Laurie Ricou’s meditations are dropped into thirteen files—such as, the &quotIsland File,&quot the &quotSalmon File,&quot and inevitably, the &quotRain File.&quot Resonant quotations, poetry, song lyrics, and art from the region enhance Ricou’s own readings, which move from an academic perspective on the narratives of bio-region toward more personal reflections on home and the local.

About the author

Laurie Ricou is a Professor of English at the University of British Columbia. He is a former president of the Western Literature Association, and currently edits Canadian Literature. His previous publications include Vertical Man/Horizontal World: Man and Landscape in Canadian Prairie Fiction (0-7748-0023-2), A Field Guide to “A Guide to Dungeness Spit” (0-88982-165-8), and The Arbutus/Madrone Files: Reading the Pacific Northwest (1-896300-43-X). Ricou currently lives in Vancouver, BC.

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