
Riffs
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Riffs is the story of a passionate love affair, told in vintage Lee style - with whoops, deep chords, and headlong improvisational arcs. We hear Bach, Bo Diddley, Bird; the news is heartache and being. Celebratory, catastrophic, the poem tracks ways in which eros and our lives are made mutually accountable. Riffs is a landmark achievement from the poet of Civil Elegies and The Gods.
"This is a grown-up voice, a voice of gritty honesty, of integrity...we are taken along for the ride in an entirely convincing, captivating way." - Quill & Quire
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Dennis Lee was born in Toronto in 1939. He has written Civil Elegies (winner of the 1972 Governor General's Award for poetry), The Gods, and a number of collections of children's poetry including the famous Alligator Pie.