Winner, E.J. Pratt Poetry Award
Shortlisted, BMO Winterset AwardCarmelita McGrath's Escape Velocity — the long awaited follow-up to her Atlantic Poetry Prize-winning collection To the New World — culls overlooked fragments from our domestic lives and ferries them on unpredictable journeys. A conversation with a telemarketer becomes a monologue on overcoming loss, stray animals provoke cautionary tales shared between generations of women, and junk mail fosters a meditation on necessity, debt, and the inevitability of one's passing. From the elegiac, to the playful, to the meditative, McGrath effortlessly shifts from a natural refinement to a near breathless elegance. Well worth the wait, Escape Velocity marks the return of McGrath's receptive intelligence, gathering strength and taking flight.
- ISBN10 0864929064
- ISBN13 9780864929068
- Publish Date 23 April 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Goose Lane Editions
- Edition First
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 96
- Language English