Lyric Ecology
An Appreciation of the Work of Jan Zwicky
- Publisher
- Cormorant Books
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2010
- Category
- Essays
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781897151778
- Publish Date
- Jun 2010
- List Price
- $30.00
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Description
Jan Zwicky is one of Canada's most innovative intellectual figures. As a poet, philosophy teacher, and violinist, Zwicky strives to give voice to the ecology of experience. Whether reflecting on music, history, poetry, or the nature of thought itself, her work opens the reader to nothing less than the possibility of a different way of being. Despite receiving critical and academic praise culminating in nominations for two separate categories of the Governor General's Literary Award, both in one year, Zwicky's work remains mostly unknown; Lyric Ecology seeks to change this. This collection of twenty-five meditations from various contributors comprises the first formal consideration of Zwicky's philosophy. It includes essays, poems, letters, reviews, and songs, all giving readers insight into her work, what it has achieved, and what makes it significant today.
About the authors
Mark Dickinson has lived in British Columbia, Ontario, and Indonesia. He received his Ph.D. from Trent University, where he is now a Sessional Instructor in the Department of Indigenous Studies.
Clare Goulet’s writing has appeared in The Fiddlehead, Grain, Room, Collateral, Poetry Canada Review, and The Dalhousie Review. She is also the co-editor (with Mark Dickinson) of Lyric Ecology: An Appreciation of the Work of Jan Zwicky (2010). She lives and teaches in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, NS.