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King's(mere)

by (author) Nathan Dueck

Publisher
Turnstone Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2003
Category
Canadian, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888012906
    Publish Date
    Nov 2003
    List Price
    $15.95

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Description

king's(mère) is an imaginative and audacious interpretation of the life of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's 10th prime minister. In his debut collection, Nathan Dueck explores the realm where poetry and prose meet, through seances, letters, diary entries and faux bible scripture, all written by King. king's(mère) does not offer us the William Lyon Mackenzie King of our school books, but a character "ashamed/to record it all."
"Finally, a Canadian that's bigger than life! Bigger even than Canada! Thank you, Mr. Dueck."
-Guy Maddin, filmmaker, The Saddest Music in the World, author of From the Atelier Tovar

About the author

Nathan Russel Dueck lost a staring contest with his hometown of Winkler, MB, after eighteen years. He blinked and had to move away. He now lives in Cranbrook, BC, where he teaches English and Creative Writing at the College of the Rockies. He is the author of king's(mère) (Turnstone Press), he'll (Pedlar Press), and A Very Special Episode (Buckrider Books). In (1979- ), his debut memoir, Nathan says some things about himself that are (maybe) better left unsaid.

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