Pigeon
- Publisher
- House of Anansi Press Inc
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2009
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887848230
- Publish Date
- Apr 2009
- List Price
- $19.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780887849022
- Publish Date
- Apr 2009
- List Price
- $10.99
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Description
Karen Solie launched to prominence with her first collection of poems, Short Haul Engine (2001), finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and winner of many other awards and citations. She continued her upward trajectory with Modern and Normal (2005), and is now considered one of Canada's best poets.
Pigeon is yet another leap forward for this singer of existential bewilderment. These poems are X-rays of our delusions and mistaken perceptions, explorations of violence, bad luck, fate, creeping catastrophe, love, and the eros of danger. Once again, Solie shows that her ear is impeccable, her poetic intelligence rare and razor-sharp.
About the author
Karen Solie was born in Moose Jaw and grew up on the family farm in southwest Saskatchewan. Over the years, she has worked as a farm hand, an espresso jerk, a groundskeeper, a newspaper reporter/photographer, an academic research assistant, and, presently, an English teacher. Her poetry, fiction, and non-fiction have appeared in numerous North American journals, including The Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review, Event, Indiana Review, ARC, Other Voices, and The Capilano Review. She has also had her poetry published in the anthologies Breathing Fire (Harbour, 1995), Hammer and Tongs (Smoking Lung, 1999) and Introductions: Poets Present Poets (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2001) where her work is presented by Don McKay. One of her short stories is featured in The Journey Prize Anthology 12. She currently lives in Victoria, BC.
Other titles by
Wellwater
Poems
The Caiplie Caves special hardcover ed
Special Edition
The Caiplie Caves
The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out
The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out
Special Edition
The Griffin Poetry Prize 2007 Anthology
Writing the Terrain
Travelling Through Alberta with the Poets
Modern and Normal
Short Haul Engine
