Straight Razor and Other Poems
Language: English
Published by Biblioasis, Windsor, ON, 2004
- First Edition
- Softcover
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- Title
- Straight Razor and Other Poems
- Author
- Ala, Salvatore
- Publisher
- Biblioasis, Windsor, ON
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Trade Paperback in Dust Jacket
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0973588101
- ISBN 13
- 9780973588101
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Canadian Literature
Straight Razor and Other Poems brings together Salvatore Ala's new poems and selections from his privately published broadsides. It is a beautiful and original collection. Both formal and lyrical, it is the work of a determined and committed craftsman.
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About the Author
Salvatore Ala: Salvatore Ala was born in Windsor, Ontario in 1959. He studied philosophy and literature, and has worked at various jobs. His first book, Clay of the Maker, was published by Mosaic Press in 1998. He has also published five broadsides of his work. His poems have appeared in numerous journals; and most recently, in the anthology Sweet Lemons, Writings with a Sicilian Accent (Legas, 2004). Salvatore lives in Windsor with his wife and children.
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Purpora Books
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