Description
"The Long Walk carries a lifetime's force of meaning. A deeply beautiful book." Anne Michaels In The Long Walk, Jan Zwicky bears witness to environmental and cultural cataclysm. Both prophetic and acutely personal, these poems extend her previous meditations on colonial barbarism and ecocide, on spiritual catastrophe and transformation. The voice now penetrates the steepest darknesses; it possesses extraordinary reach and density. Zwicky is one of North America's finest poets and in this book she gives us her most profound work to date.
About the Author
Jan Zwicky as books of poetry include Songs for Relinquishing the Earth , which won the Governor Generalas Award, Robinsonas 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 Alkibiadesa Love (forthcoming 2015).
Reviews
"The Long Walk carries a lifetime's force of meaning. A deeply beautiful book." Anne Michaels
"Full of grief and love, The Long Walk pushes us to have that courage to look at what's painful to see, to find stillness in movement, movement in stillness. If you need a motto for the new year, solvitur ambulandoit is solved by walking." - Amy Reiswig, Focus Magazine
"Zwicky accomplishes a concordance of rhythm, internal rhyme and subtly linked imagery (e.g. "continents," "shapes," "sea") that, in turn, enables the beloved to embody all the significance--all the strength and frailty, beauty and terror--of the world." - ARC Magazine
"Poems of exquisite lyric grace and deep feeling." - Toronto Star
"A wide-ranging collection that addresses environmental devastation and the ongoing refugee crisis alongside responses to Brahms and Simplikios... The Long Walk is a rewarding read that secures Oskana as an exciting new Prairie-based [series]." - Cassidy McFadzean, SaskBooks
Book Information
ISBN 9780889774490
Author Jan Zwicky
Format Paperback
Page Count 65
Imprint University of Regina Press
Publisher University of Regina Press
Weight(grams) 116g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 9mm * 139mm
About the Author
Jan Zwicky as books of poetry include Songs for Relinquishing the Earth , which won the Governor Generalas Award, Robinsonas 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 Alkibiadesa Love (forthcoming 2015).
Reviews
"The Long Walk carries a lifetime's force of meaning. A deeply beautiful book." Anne Michaels
"Full of grief and love, The Long Walk pushes us to have that courage to look at what's painful to see, to find stillness in movement, movement in stillness. If you need a motto for the new year, solvitur ambulandoit is solved by walking." - Amy Reiswig, Focus Magazine
"Zwicky accomplishes a concordance of rhythm, internal rhyme and subtly linked imagery (e.g. "continents," "shapes," "sea") that, in turn, enables the beloved to embody all the significance--all the strength and frailty, beauty and terror--of the world." - ARC Magazine
"Poems of exquisite lyric grace and deep feeling." - Toronto Star
"A wide-ranging collection that addresses environmental devastation and the ongoing refugee crisis alongside responses to Brahms and Simplikios... The Long Walk is a rewarding read that secures Oskana as an exciting new Prairie-based [series]." - Cassidy McFadzean, SaskBooks
Book Information
ISBN 9780889774490
Author Jan Zwicky
Format Paperback
Page Count 65
Imprint University of Regina Press
Publisher University of Regina Press
Weight(grams) 116g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 9mm * 139mm
