Before You're a Stranger: New and Selected Poems

Poems.About Raymond Fraser's "Unfailingly interesting and impossible to put down once I started. The poems have wit and a perfectly authentic consistency — a subtle play against a constant background bass of despair or cosmic absurdity. Wonderful stuff!" — LOUIS DUDEK (Poet & Critic)"I read the book from cover to cover; I found the verses so delightful I couldn’t put it down until I finished. The everyday subjects and events the poems deal with ring so true." — T.C. TOMMY DOUGLAS (voted 'The Greatest Canadian')"Fraser notices so much, he responds with feeling and humor, and it's all so accessible to the reader. There isn't a poem in the book that isn't worth reading." — ALAN PEARSON (Poet, 'Exploring Amazement')"Raymond Fraser happens to be one of the liveliest and most entertaining writers in the country.” — ALDEN NOWLAN (poet)