| The Exiles' Gallery Contributor(s): Partridge, Elise (Author) |
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ISBN: 1770899790 ISBN-13: 9781770899797 Publisher: House of Anansi Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2015376201 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.45 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Elise Partridge's The Exiles' Gallery extends the range of her widely acclaimed earlier books, Fielder's Choice and Chameleon Hours, praised as first-rate by James Pollock for their authenticity by Stephanie Bolster, and brilliant precisions that reflect life's plenitude by Rosanna Warren. This new book presents moving portraits of a gallery of characters from North America, from homeless men to a wildlife illustrator, from a mother struggling to pay the rent to a generous stove repairman. Poems that skewer the vanities and complacency of the powerful sit alongside works about loss, love, and resilience written from the author's perspective as a cancer patient. Stephen Burt has compared Partridge's impressive poems to Elizabeth Bishop's. With her "flawless ear" (Jacqueline Osherow) and "pitch-perfect verse" (Ken Babstock), Partridge reveals again the "unfeigned passion" and "ardent, compassionate, and unsentimental vision" that have made her books "thrilling, memorable." (Robert Pinsky) |