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Folding the Wilderness Within

by (author) Joan Shillington

Publisher
Frontenac House Ltd.
Initial publish date
Aug 2014
Category
Canadian, Women Authors
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927823118
    Publish Date
    Aug 2014
    List Price
    $15.95

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Folding the Wilderness Within by Joan Shillington is a collection of poems of intimacy, both gentle and brutal, that celebrate the essential force of family. From a child’s hand holding cards “as if they were webbed” to Machu Picchu where stones “fit so tight not even a hair can pass,” the author weaves reality and imagination, language and form together to create a poetic story.

About the author

Awards

  • Short-listed, City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Award

Contributor Notes

Joan Shillington is a Calgary poet who has been published in The Antigonish Review, Grain, Prairie Fire, and Freefall Magazine as well as four anthologies. She has won various contests over the years. Joan’s first book of poetry, Revolutions, was published by Leaf Press (2008).

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