So This Is the World & Here I Am in It Contributor(s): Brandt, Di (Author) |
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ISBN: 1897126093 ISBN-13: 9781897126097 Publisher: NeWest Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2007 Annotation: "So This Is The World & Here I Am In It" is a stunning collection of creative essays by poet and critic Di Brandt.Written over a period of ten years, these essays circle around questions of exile and violence, eros and wildness, land and mentoring, home and language. They are experimental engagements with a lively array of personal and cultural memories, of places ranging from Winnipeg and Windsor to Berlin, Germany, of joyfully unruly characters in Canadian fiction, of the esoteric lives of Mennonites, honeybees, and twins. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Canadian - Literary Collections | Essays |
Dewey: 814.54 |
LCCN: 2007405753 |
Series: Writer as Critic |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.8" W x 9.01" (0.92 lbs) 256 pages |
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Publisher Description: So This Is The World & Here I Am In It is a stunning collection of creative essays by poet and critic Di Brandt.Written over a period of ten years, these essays circle around questions of exile and violence, eros and wildness, land and mentoring, home and language. They are experimental engagements with a lively array of personal and cultural memories, of places ranging from Winnipeg and Windsor to Berlin, Germany, of joyfully unruly characters in Canadian fiction, of the esoteric lives of Mennonites, honeybees, and twins. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brandt, Di: - Di Brandt's award-winning poetry titles include questions i asked my mother, Agnes in the sky and Jerusalem, beloved, for which she received the CAA National Poetry Prize and her second GG nomination. She has also published several nonfiction titles, including Dancing Naked: Narrative Strategies for Writing Across Centuries. She teaches Creative Writing and Canadian Literature at the University of Windsor, and is currently on leave, living and writing in Berlin. |