Méira Cook: Homesick Love Stories
Méira Cook is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently A Walker in the City (Brick). Poems from A Walker in the City won first prize in the 2006 CBC Literary Awards and "The Beautiful Assassin" garnered a Manitoba Publishing Award (a "Maggie"). Her first novel, The House on Sugarbush Road, has been published by Enfield & Wizenty. Méira lives, writes, and walks in Winnipeg. She writes: The books that I have responded to most over the many years of “reading myself Canadian” are those written by immigrants. Not necessarily diasporic writers but immigrants of the soul. Those who, like me, are always looking for a place to land. Those who circle writing like a runway. Those who touch down, take off. Here is a list of books I’ve loved, arranged alphabetically (as befits a passionate lover). When I read I tend to underline phrases that strike me so I’ve included one of these with each entry.
