The Art of Work
Kate Braid (Author)
A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems. Caitlin Press
Linda Frank (Author)
Kahlo: The World Split Open. Buschek Books
Arleen Paré (Author)
Paper Trail. NeWest Press
Alice Major (Author)
The Office Tower Tales. University of Alberta Press
Reviewed by Crystal Hurdle
The late great Carol Shields, in promoting her novel Larry's Party, commented how much she disliked the then hugely popular film, Four Weddings and a Funeral, not because of its schmaltz, but because none of the characters worked.
These four highly original books of poetry explore the question of work. Is it relentless dailiness? : "we just do / the same things over and over every day / until we retire," says Sherry, the storyteller in The Office Tower Tales [...]
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