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.

Mark Dickinson teaches in the School for the Study of Canada / École d’études canadiennes at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. His work has appeared in different magazines, newspapers, and periodicals, including The Walrus and The Times of London. Originally from British Columbia, he was a Canada World Youth participant on the Québec-Indonesia exchange in 1994/95, and later returned to Indonesia to work on a sustainable development project in the Sumatran rainforest. This is his fourth book.

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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.

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