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Synopsis
Both chronicle and confrontation, the poems of Jacob Scheier’s debut work out and through notions of loss. As the death of a young man’s mother instigates and informs these investigations, the realities of romantic failures become inextricably connected, and in the process More to Keep Us Warm maps the limitations, and breaking points, of the human heart. Questioning how and why we fall in and out of love becomes the collection’s haunting refrain. At the same time, Scheier’s poems mourn the absence of both religious and cultural identity. Facing the painful and confusing losses of his life, the support of the only tradition” the writer knows an atheist, socialist upbringing proves unsatisfying. In response, More to Keep Us Warm explores the formation of a new, complex sense of self as inherited belief systems fail. With humour, sardonic wit, and conversational charm, this search engages and struggles with Judeo-Christian tradition to become an intimate meditation on the nature of God in a secular world.
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Jacob Scheier is the winner of the 2003 Art Bar Discovery Night and was a finalist for CBC Radio's Second Annual Poetry Face-Off. His poetry has been published in the literary journals "Descant "and "The White Wall Review." He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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"A burgeoning voice in Canadian poetry [that] . . . will ignite and incite new poets." —Matrix
"Toronto writer Jacob Scheier's More to Keep Us Warm, a surprise winner of the Governor-General's Literary Award this fall, manages to do self-exploration but also be funny and direct." —The Winnipeg Free Press
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- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1550227947
- ISBN 13 9781550227949
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages96
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Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 2nd printing of the Toronto poet's first collection scarcely SIGNED by Scheier on the title page, with a stroke through his printed name. No inscription or markings by a previous owner. more to keep us warm was the 2008 Governor General's Literary Award Winner for English-Language Poetry. A trade paper original with glossy card covers. A tight copy with sharp corners. A slight wow in the book along the fore-edge. Visit our ABE Storefront to browse our catalog of Canadian Poetry - Autographed. Canadian orders will be charged GST. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002111
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