Ink Monkey: Poems - Softcover

Hartog, Diana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1894078500 ISBN 13: 9781894078504

Publisher: Brick Books, 2006

Synopsis

Poetry. In these spare and elegant poems -- not a word out of place, not an unnecessary syllable -- Diana Hartog turns a perceptive eye toward the stories of seemingly ordinary things, of overlooked moments and long-closed rooms. Whether she is writing about jellyfish, the desert, awkward silences that end a relationship, struggles of creativity, or Japanese prints, her poems are astute and beautiful. INK MONKEY is Hartog's first book of poetry in more than thirteen years, and her patience is the reader's reward. "Give Diana Hartog a subject - monkeys, frogs, jellyfish, or a Japanese printmaker on the Tokaido road - and she will play riffs that dazzle..." - Rosemary Sullivan. Diana Hartog has published three previous collections of poetry - POLITE TO BEES, nominated for the BC Book Prize, Candy from Strangers, winner of the BC Book Prize, and Matinee Light, winner of the Gerald Lampert Award.

About this title

About the Author

Diana Hartog has published three previous collections of poetry - Polite to Bees (1992), nominated for the BC Book Prize, Candy from Strangers (1986), winner of the BC Book Prize and Matinee Light (1983), winner of the Gerald Lampert Award. She has also written a memoir, No Hippies Allowed (1994) and a novel The Photographer's Sweethearts (1996). Her short fiction has been shortlisted for the Journey Prize, and she won second prize (poetry) in the CBC literary competition. She lives in New Denver, BC and winters in California.

Review

"Ink Monkey...acquaints us with an intelligence that generates quirky, surprising and vivid images...all of Hartog is worth reading!"--George Elliott Clarke, Halifax Chronicle-Herald

"There's something mirage-like about Hartog's poems. They encourage the reader to look, then look again."--Barabara Carey, The Toronto Star

"Ink Monkey ... acquaints us with an intelligence that generates quirky, surprising and vivid images ... all of Hartog is worth reading!"--George Elliott Clarke, Halifax Chronicle-Herald

"There's something mirage-like about Hartog's poems. They encourage the reader to look, then look again."--Barabara Carey, The Toronto Star

About this edition

• Publisher: Brick Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1894078500
• ISBN 13: 9781894078504
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96