Best Canadian Poetry 2020

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Guest editor Marilyn Dumont, author of the widely acclaimed collection A Really Good Brown Girl, brings a passionate ear for rhythm, an eye for narrative compression, an appetite for vital subject matter, and an affinity for warmth and wit to Best Canadian Poetry 2020. The fifty poignantly independent poems gathered here explore themes of emergence, defiance, ferocious anger, gratitude, and survival. They are alive with acoustic energy, precise in their language, and moving in their use of the personal to explore an increasingly tumultuous world.

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Praise for Best Canadian Poetry 2020 A radical and wholly revelatory re-imagining of the countrys poetry canon ... The anthology compiled by Dumont is undeniably political and deeply philosophical, but never at the expense of prosody ... Best Canadian Poetry 2020 is an outstanding record of diverse voices and lived experiences reflected in Canadian poetry, and it is one that I will undoubtedly return to in the years to come.Prairie Fire Praise for the Best Canadian Poetry Series [These] books are must-haves for libraries, schools, and intellectually well-intentioned bedside nightstands across the country.Quill & Quire The wide range of writers, forms and themes represented here make it a great jumping-off point for readers who might be interested in Canadian poetry but are unsure about where to start.Globe and Mail Buy it, or borrow it, but do read it.Arc Poetry Magazine A magnet, I think, for the many people who would like to know contemporary poetry.A.F. Moritz, Griffin Poetry Prize winner An eclectic and diverse collection of Canadian poetry . . . a wonderful addition to anyones bookshelf.Toronto Quarterly

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Marilyn Dumont is a Canadian poet of Cree/Mtis descent whose poetry has won provincial and national awards. She has been the writer-in-residence at five Canadian universities and the Edmonton Public Library as well as an advisor in the Aboriginal Emerging Writers Program at the Banff Centre. She teaches sessional creative writing for Athabasca University and Native studies and English for the University of Alberta, and currently lives in Edmonton.