This is an unusual book, and one that might be seen as a 'love letter to books' and the those who inhabit that milieu. Terry Ann Carter writes about love, notably her husband and family, but it isn't sentimentality that dominates these poems. These are narratives that encompass a big—picture and small—picture view, showing how the small yet beautiful ways love presents itself in everyday life. But equally this is a book about paper art and book making, and in this instance, this is presented as a lens through which to view love.
As a paper artist who makes books with her grandchildren, we see a mother, a wife, a woman nurturing and inspiring all those around her. The result is this unique love letter both to books and to people

Terry Ann Carter was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and moved to Canada in 1965. After earning degrees in English and Music, and a graduate degree in Education, she taught language arts from kindergarden to college. Her first book of poems (Waiting for Julia, Third Eye Press, 1999) chronicled the Chernobyl disaster. Her second collection, Transplanted, was published by Borealis Press, 2006. An international award winning haikuist, Carter partcipated in the Basho Festival, Ueno, Japan, and served Haiku Canada as Vice President for four years. A collection of small poems, such green, (pendas poets, 2005) and road trip: more latte than turquoise from ottawa to santa fe,(counting coup press new mexico) were published in limited hand made editions and exhibited in International Book Art Fairs. In the summer of 2005, Carter was an instructor at the Teachers' Training Program, Dongzhou International Education Exchange Center, Haimen City, China. Carter was the Random Acts of Poetry poet for Ottawa 2005/2006/2007.

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