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Lädt ... Best Canadian Poetry 2023von John Barton
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Selected by editor John Barton, the 2023 edition of Best Canadian Poetry showcases the best Canadian poetry writing published in 2021. "My goal," writes guest editor John Barton of his long career as a literary magazine editor, "was always to be jostled awake, and I soon realized that I was being jostled awake for two--myself and the reader ... I came to understand that my job description included an obligation to expose readers to wide varieties of poetry, to challenge their assumptions while expanding their taste." In selecting this year's edition of Best Canadian Poetry, Barton brings the same catholic spirit to his survey of Canadian poems published by magazines and journals in 2021. From new work by Canadian favourites to exciting new talents, this year's anthology offers fifty poems to challenge and enlarge your sense of the power and possibility of Canadian poetry. Featuring: Leslie Joy Ahenda * Billy-Ray Belcourt * Bertrand Bickersteth * Tawahum Bige * Stephanie Bolster * Susan Braley * Moni Brar * Jake Byrne * Helen Cho * Conyer Clayton * Lucas Crawford * Sophie Crocker * Michael Dunwoody * Evelyna Ekoko-Kay * Tyler Engström * Triny Finlay * Elee Kraljii Gardiner * Lise Gaston * Susan Gillis * Beth Goobie * Patrick Grace * Laurie D. Graham * River Halen * Eva H.D. * Louise Bernice Halfe--Skydancer * Sarah Hilton * Karl Jirgens * Mobólúwajídìde D. Joseph * Penn Kemp * Jeremy Loveday * Randy Lundy * Helen Han Wei Luo * Colin Morton * Jordan Mounteer * Samantha Nock * Kathryn Nogue * Michelle Porter * Rebekah Rempel * Armand Garnet Ruffo * Richard Sanger * Nedda Sarshar * K.R. Segriff * Christina Shah * Sandy Shreve * Adrian Southin * J.J. Steinfeld * Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang * Eric Wang * Tom Wayman * Jan Zwicky Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Series editor: Anita Lahey
Guest editor: John Barton
As the title suggests this is an anthology of the “best” of new Canadian poetry published for 2023. After introductory pieces by both editors, this collection offers the reader fifty poems on a multitude subjects, by a wonderfully inclusive list of talented poets. The editors note that much effort was made to have representation of “historically marginalized voices”. At the end of the poetry, there are the contributors’ short bios, and commentary.
I very much enjoyed this collection, I might say, a bit better than some of the other anthologies I’ve read recently, but if you ask me tomorrow or next week I might have a different answer. The editors’ introduction pieces were interesting, but I suggest reading the poetry first and going back to those pieces on your second run through the book. The commentary from the poets, which came after their bios in the back of the book, were a terrific addition.
And, of course, so many good poems. Here is one, relatively short, poem I really liked (and yes, I have tinnitus)
Tinnitus
Colin Morton
I read John Cage and, in a silent room,
listened to the low thrum of blood in my veins,
the hiss of nerves in my head.
Proprioception I called it, after Olson.
For years I believed what I heard
was the microbiome of my inner ear—
cells living out their lives in there–
and I wondered about this thing called me.
How much of me is a population
of microbes doing I don’t know what
to or for me, living and dying
as I say these words.
Now I accent the first syllable,
call it tinnitus, as if that’s an explanation.
I told the doctor, I guess there’s little I can do.
You can complain, he said.
First published in PRISM international (