Precisely etched meditations on public and private experience, charged landscapes and reconceived Greek myths. "Words are signals, flares sent up in desperation, a cryptic language of longing." - Leslie McAllister, Toronto Star
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Helen Humphreys is the author of three previous books of poetry: Gods and Other Mortals(Brick 1986), Nuns Looking Anxious, Listening to Radios (Brick 1990), and The Perils of Geography (Brick 1995). Her novel Leaving Earth (HarperCollins 1997) has been published in seven countries and won the 1998 City of Toronto Book Award. She lives and writes in Kingston, Ontario.
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Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Seller: SIGNAL BOOKS & ART, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing of the first edition of the Canadian writer's first book SIGNED on the title page with a blue ballpoint pen. A collection of poetry published as a paperback original with card covers. Aside from barely discernible sunning to the spine, this is a fine, unread copy with sharp corners. 80 pages. Humphreys has won the Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize, a Lambda Literary Award for Fiction and the Toronto Book Award. And she has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Fiction, Ontario's Trillium Book Prize and CBC Radio's Canada Reads series. Canadian buyer will be charged GST. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002367
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Seller: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Helen Humphrey's first book of poetry; signed by the author on the title page. Signing event provenance laid in. First printing. Unread. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002725
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