Watching a Man Break a Dog’s Back explores the question of how to live in a natural landscape that offers beauty while being consumed by industry, and in an economy that offers material benefits while denying dignity, meaning and a voice to many in order to satisfy the outsized appetites of the few.
A cri de coeur from a poet who has long celebrated the voices of working people, the collection also grapples with why “anyone, in this era so profoundly lacking in grace, might want to make poems―or any kind of art.” But the keen sense of justice that drives the collection is tempered by the poet’s reluctance to take himself too seriously: “Centuries without the benefit / of my presence / have to be made up for / by my words.”
The poet brings the perspective of age to our current troubled existence, with the reminder that as a society and as individuals we’ve faced perilous times before, and that our shared mortality links us more than circumstances and politics divide us.
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Tom Wayman’s many titles with Harbour Publishing include Dirty Snow, which won the 2013 Acorn-Plantos Award, and My Father’s Cup, shortlisted for the 2003 Governor General’s Literary Award. In 2015 Wayman was named a Vancouver Literary Landmark, with a plaque on the city’s Commercial Drive commemorating his championing of people writing for themselves about their daily employment. Since 1989 he has been based in the Slocan Valley in southeastern BC, where he is active in a number of community literary ventures. His website is www.tomwayman.com.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Watching a Man Break a Dog's Backexplores the question of how to live in a natural landscape that offers beauty while being consumed by industry, and in an economy that offers material benefits while denying dignity, meaning and a voice to many in order to satisfy the outsized appetites of the few.Acri de coeurfrom a poet who has long celebrated the voices of working people, the collection also grapples withwhy "anyone, in this era so profoundly lacking in grace, might want to make poems-or any kind of art." Butthe keen sense of justice that drives the collection is tempered by the poet's reluctance to take himself too seriously: "Centuries without the benefit / of my presence / have to be made up for / by my words."The poet brings the perspective of age to our current troubled existence, with the reminder that as a society and as individuals we've faced perilous times before, and that our shared mortality links us more than circumstances and politics divide us. A new collection by celebrated poet Tom Wayman that contemplates how to live in a fractious time. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781550179125
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