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list price: $19.95
edition:Mixed media
category: Poetry
published: Oct 2001
ISBN:9781894442015
publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press

Why I Sing the Blues

Lyrics & Poems

edited by Jan Zwicky

tagged: canadian, anthologies (multiple authors)
Description

A magnificent anthology of blues poems/songs by some of Canada's best poets; on the accompanying CD, the poems are masterfully interpreted by Canadian west coast blues artists.
Writing contributors include Ken Babstock, bill bissett, George Elliott Clarke, Lynn Coady, Lorna Crozier, Barry Dempster, Patrick Friesen, Mark Jarman, Ryan Knighton, Robert Kroetsch, Patrick Lane, Dennis Lee, David W. McFadden, Don McKay, P.K. Page, Karen Solie, Sharon Thesen, and Fred Wah.
A publication of Smoking Lung Press.

About the Author

Jan Zwicky’s books of poetry include Songs for Relinquishing the Earth, which won the Governor General’s Award, Robinson’s Crossing, which won the Dorothy Livesay Prize, and, most recently Forge, which was short-listed for the Griffin Prize. Her books of philosophy include Wisdom & Metaphor, Lyric Philosophy, and Alkibiades’ Love (forthcoming 2015).

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