Sweet Ellipsis

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Shadowed by homophobia and aids, men who love other men strive to piece together intimacies that might sustain them and even last.

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"Hauntingly beautiful . . . incisive and wise . . . a poet with a sure touch and a knowledge of public and private intimacies." --"Progressive Independent Community Press"

Author Bio

John Barton has written and published six award-winning collections of poetry, including West of Darkness: A portrait of Emily Carr (winner of the 1988 Archibald Lampman Award), Notes Toward a Family Tree (cowinner of the 1995 Ottawa-Carleton Book Award), and Designs from the Interior (winner of the 1995 Archibald Lampman Award). He coedits Arc: Canada's National Poetry Magazine and coordinates publishing at the National Museum of Science and Technology and the National Aviation Museum.