Description
Peter Sanger’s great gift is that of drawing his readers deeper in, of revealing how literary habits of mind might tease hidden order and interconnection out of seemingly inert and ordinary subjects. Odysseus Asleep collects a number of poem sequences that previously appeared in small chapbooks and limited-edition publications, including The Third Hand (1994), Ironworks (1995), Stone Notes (1997), Kerf (2002), and Arborealis (2005), adding to them a new poem, ‘Odysseus Awake.’
About the author
Raised in Ontario, Peter Sanger (1943) was born in Worcestershire, England, and was for twenty-six years a professor at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro. An editor of The Antigonish Review, Sanger also edited John Thompson: Collected Poems and Translations (1995). He founded the Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia. His books on poetry include SeaRun: Notes on John Thompson's "Stilt Jack" (1986) and "Her kindled shadow . . .": An Introduction to the Work of Richard Outram (2001, 2002). A collection of essays, Spar: Words in Place, was published by Gaspereau Press in 2002.
Other titles by
Sea Run
Notes on John Thompson’s Stilt Jack
Lightfield: The Photography of Thaddeus Holownia
The Nature of Nature
The Photographs of Thaddeus Holownia 1976-2016
Of Things Unknown
Critical Essays, 19782005
Oikos
Fireship
Early Poems, 19651991
John Stokes’ Horse
Through Darkling Air
The Poetry of Richard Outram
The Stone Canoe
Two Lost Mi’kmaq Texts
