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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Alden Nowlan, one of Canada's finest and most influential poets, died in 1983. He leaves a rich legacy of poetry that is accessible yet profound, and that speaks to people's lives with wry observation and keen insight. For Nowlan fans and new readers alike, award-winning poets Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane help to review and recontextualize Nowlan's place in twentieth-century Canadian poetry. With these selected poems, Lane and Crozier's choices reflect the recurring themes that illuminate Nowlan's work. This new volume is truly the best of Alden Nowlan's poetry, and above all is a tribute to a poet who deserves to be treasured for all time. Features Summary "(Nowlan's) work is the work of a brave man... his details are fantastically clear. His clear direct language is no transformative--it's not about one thing changing another--but a descriptive language... Author Alden Nowlan (Author), Lorna Crozier (Volume editor), Patrick Lane (Volume editor) Publisher House of Anansi Press Ltd,Canada Release date 19950831 Pages 176 ISBN 0-88784-573-8 ISBN 13 978-0-88784-573-4