Hi Andrew I had to go look at his whole commentary. And I'd suggest
that he's pretty dead on in his comments, especially about who's
missing there.
I *think* the editor mainly went for people she knew, which included a
wide range, an eclectic range, but it does mean that a number of very
important poets are missing. Still it'll be a good intro to a number of
poets worth knowing.
What we do not have in Canada, alas, is an anthology as good as the
Tranter/Meand Australian one, or the Evans, McQueen, Wedde New Zealand
one (both from Penguin, which wouldn't do that for Canada because of an
Oxford one that's nowhere near as useful).
I think you could find some good reading in this one...
Doug
On 9-Jun-05, at 1:09 AM, Andrew Burke wrote:
> Doug - what thoughts on this book?
>
> I wish that, some 35 years ago, when I first began seriously to wonder
> about the nature (& differences) of Canadian poetry, something like
> the volume Sina Queyras promises in Open Field: 30 Contemporary Poets
> already existed. It would have been a godsend. Indeed, the entire idea
> of a comprehensive volume of current Canadian poetry targeted to its
> largest available export market, the U.S., is at once so obvious & so
> brilliant that you just want to shout, "Yes!"
>
> Andrew
>
>
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