
Multitudes
Margaret Christakos(Author)
Coach House Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 14. November 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-1-55245-279-0 (ISBN)
Description
"Alphabetic dismantling, syntactic play, essaying words backwards and 4words (as she might say), Christakos manifests forensic clarity and telegraphic fortitude in this unsettling work."--Rachel Blau DuPlessis Revelling in the value of social polyphony from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself," Multitudes looks at its contemporary theatres of Facebook and Twitter, post-riot police surveillance, protest culture and poetry itself. With wit, perceptiveness and her trademark linguistic sonar, Margaret Christakos keenly examines intimacies and banishments, as well as intergenerational grief, self-display and social hope.
Reviews / Votes
"Alphabetic dismantling, syntactic play, essaying words backwards and 4words (as she might say), Christakos manifests forensice clarity and telegraphic fortitude in this unsettling work." -- Rachel Blau DuPlessis [on Multitudes] "Stirring both emotionally and in a bold experimentalism." -- Winnipeg Free Press [on What Stirs] "Is Margaret Christakos the love child of David Cronenberg and the queen of the confessional poets, Sharon Olds? ... Much of this writing shocks for its originality." -- Georgia Straight [on Sooner]More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55245-279-0 (9781552452790)
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Margaret Christakos
Multitudes
E-Book
10/2013
1st Edition
Coach House Books
€19.99
Available for download
Person
Margaret Christakos: Margaret Christakos is the award-winning author of eight acclaimed poetry collections and a novel, Charisma, shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award. She teaches creative writing and runs 'Influency: A Toronto Poetry Salon' at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. Her recent collection, What Stirs, was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award.