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An
outstanding first collection by an important new voice in Canadian poetry,
Joelene Heathcotes Whats between us cant be heard
reveals a poet of depth and skill, capable of a clear-minded restraint
in poetry imbued with an exuberant passion.
Joelene Heathcote
is a recent graduate from the University of British Columbia with a Masters
degree in Fine Arts. Her poetry has been published internationally and
is included in the anthologies Breaking the Surface and Mocambo
Nights (Ekstasis). She has received numerous literary awards for fiction,
non-fiction, and poetry, including: Arc Magazines Poem of
the Year, the Ray Burrell Award, and This Magazines Great
Canadian Literary Hunt Best New Writer Prize. Profiled by Quill &
Quire magazine as one of the most promising emerging writers,
she recently received the Mocambopo Prize for Poetry, awarded by judge
Patrick Lane. She lives in Victoria, B.C.
Joelene Heathcotes
poems are radiant with a lyric sensuality, yet they possess a rare brutal
clarity and an intellectual honesty not commonly found in modern poems.
A first book of poems by an authentic poet is always cause for celebration
and Joelene Heathcotes memorable first collection Whats
between us cant be heard is certain to resonate in Canadian
letters for some time to come. |
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