The Porcupinity of the Stars

by Gary Barwin

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Winner of the 2011 Hamilton Literary Award for Poetry! In this much-anticipated new collection, poet and musician Gary Barwin both continues and extends the alchemical collision of language, imaginative flight and quiet beauty that have made him unique among contemporary poets. As the Utne Reader has noted, what makes this work 'so compelling is Barwin's balance of melancholy with wide-eyed wonder.' The Porcupinity of the Stars sees the always bemused and wistful poet reaching into new and deeper territory, addressing the joys and vagaries of perception in poems touching on family, loss, wonder, and the shifting, often perplexing nature...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781552452356
  • Publish Date 19 October 2006 (first published 30 September 2006)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint Coach House Books
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 96
  • Language English