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Peter Sanger

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.

Books by Peter Sanger

Sea Run

Odysseus Asleep

Lightfield: The Photography of Thaddeus Holownia

The Nature of Nature

Of Things Unknown

Oikos

Fireship

John Stokes’ Horse

Through Darkling Air

The Stone Canoe

Aiken Drum

Aiken Drum

White Salt Mountain

White Salt Mountain

Spar: Words in Place

Divisions of the Heart

Kerf

Ironworks

John Thompson

Earth Moth