Description
Each volume of the Lyrik Poetry Series will offer a generous selection of some of the best work, past and present, by Canada’s foremost Mennonite poets, plus an afterword by the poet and a detailed critical introduction by the editor.
These volumes will present a “best of” collection ideal for those who wish an introduction to an influential poet and will be ideal for classroom use. Many of the poems will be reentering the public sphere, as original publications may no longer be available. The Lyrik volumes will present a range of poems from across the poet’s career, determined in conversation with the poets themselves.
About the authors
John Weier believes nothing is simple, especially his writing: his memoirs are novels, and his novels documentary. His poetry is prose and follows diary lines, his prose is poetic. The author of five previous collections of poetry, three works of fiction, two nature memoirs and a children’s book, John often writes about his passions, travel, birding and the violin. Weier lives and writes in Winnipeg where he also works as a luthier.
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.
