| A Halt Which Is Empty Contributor(s): McLennan, Rob (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771262206 ISBN-13: 9781771262200 Publisher: Mansfield Press OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.7" W x 8.7" (0.50 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What do we know of history, and what, if anything, does it have to do with the present? "A halt, which is empty" is a series of small studies, each focused on an idea, whether Ottawa's greenspace, the early history of Bytown, contemporary Bank Street construction, the War of 1812, or reflecting the author's residential move from Chinatown to McLeod Street, an area once known as the Village of Stewarton. In these poems, mclennan thrills with an acrobatic array of syllables, sound, rhythm and meanings collaged into an affect of serious play. This is writing not meant to be easy or safe, but fluid, fluent and fun. |
Contributor Bio(s): McLennan, Rob: - Born in Ottawa, Canada's glorious capital city, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa, where he is home full-time with the two wee girls he shares with Christine McNair. The author of more than thirty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, he won the John Newlove Poetry Award in 2010, the Council for the Arts in Ottawa Mid-Career Award in 2014, and was longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize in 2012 and 2017. In March, 2016, he was inducted into the VERSe Ottawa Hall of Honour. His most recent titles include the poetry collection A perimeter (New Star Books, 2016), How the alphabet was made (Spuyten Duyvil, 2018) and Household items (Salmon Poetry, 2018). An editor and publisher, he runs above/ground press, Chaudiere Books (with Christine McNair), The Garneau Review (ottawater.com/garneaureview), seventeen seconds: a journal of poetry and poetics (ottawater.com/seventeenseconds), Touch the Donkey (touchthedonkey.blogspot.com) and the Ottawa poetry pdf annual ottawater (ottawater.com). He is "Interviews Editor" at Queen Mob's Teahouse, a former contributor to the Ploughshares blog, editor of my (small press) writing day, and an editor/managing editor of many gendered mothers. He spent the 2007-8 academic year in Edmonton as writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta, and regularly posts reviews, essays, interviews and other notices at robmclennan.blogspot.com |