Song and Spectacle
Will be published approx. on 8. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-55017-585-1 (ISBN)
Description
Song and Spectacle, the third collection by award-winning poet Rachel Rose, is composed of fierce hymns to the particular and universal struggles of birth, passion and loss, and the paradoxical quest for non-attachment in a treacherous, unpredictable and yet deeply beloved world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
British Columbia
Canada
Edition type
Unabridged edition
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55017-585-1 (9781550175851)
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Rachel Rose's work has appeared in various journals including Poetry, The Malahat Review and The Best American Poetry, as well as numerous anthologies. Her most recent poetry collection, Song & Spectacle (Harbour, 2012) won the Audre Lorde Award in the US and the Pat Lowther Memorial Award in Canada. She was the librettist for the opera When the Sun Comes Out, which grapples with fundamentalism and forbidden love. She is the winner of the Peterson Memorial Prize for poetry and the Bronwen Wallace award for fiction, and the recipient of a 2014 Pushcart Prize. She is the Poet Laureate of Vancouver for 2014-2017.