The World, I Guess - Softcover

Bowering, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554200962 ISBN 13: 9781554200962

Publisher: New Star Books, 2015

Synopsis

Poetry. George Bowering's 36th book of poetry, THE WORLD, I GUESS shows Canada's original poet-laureate still in MVP form as he approaches his 80th birthday. THE WORLD, I GUESS is a substantial book, six sections that demonstrate a command of a broad poetic range, a catholic range of interests, and echoes of a lifetime of reading and learning from Pound, Williams, Stanley, and others. The centrepiece of Bowering's new book is a long poem, "The Flood," a complex, discursive poem whose subject is poesis and whose interest is in the world around the writer. But the book ends with a suite of translations of the "modern" Canadian poetry canon, from Charles G.D. Roberts and Archibald Lampman to Irving Layton and Phyllis Webb. While THE WORLD, I GUESS might be just Bowering's 36th book of poetry, he's also issued a dozen or two novels and short story collections and another couple of dozen books of stuff he didn't make up: criticism, memoirs, and histories.

About this title

About the Author:

Canada's inaugural Poet-Laureate, winner of the British Columbia Lieutenant-Governor's Award for Literature, decorated Member of both the Orders of Canada and of British Columbia who once won a single GG for two different books, Mr. Bowering today lives quietly in Vancouver, where he continues to work as a writer. Recent books include THE WORLD, I GUESS (New Star Books, 2015), MIRROR ON THE FLOOR (Anvil Press, 2014), WORDS, WORDS, WORDS (New Star Books, 2012), and THE DIAMOND ALPHABET: BASEBALL IN SHORTS (BookThug, 2011).

Review:

"George Bowering's candour is beguiling. He gives you a good time with his writing, you feel comfortable, even chummy, in his presence; he s playful, but then he nails you with some hard truths." --Vancouver Sun

About this edition

• Publisher: New Star Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1554200962
• ISBN 13: 9781554200962
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160