Dust to dust
by Alice Major • from Welcome to the Anthropocene • The University of Alberta Press
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Alice MajorAlice Major, Edmonton’s first poet laureate, is the recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta 2017 Distinguished Artist Award.
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Welcome to the AnthropoceneAlice Major observes the comedy and the tragedy of this human-dominated moment on Earth.
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"John Newton, the reformed slave trader who wrote 'Amazing Grace,' was telling his own life story. But something else is happening in the opening line of the hymn as it performs what it describes, even for a relative non-wretch like me. There is a sense that prayer is itself the 'answer' to prayer, and in just the same way, "Amazing Grace" becomes operative."
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The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2: 1956-1963, edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil, reviewed by Katie Roiphe.
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Jonahwhale, by Ranjit Hoskote, reviewed by Douglas Messerli.
The Wrong Country: Essays on Modern Irish Writing, by Gerald Dawe, reviewed by Claire Connolly.
Elizabth Lund reviews collections by Austin Smith, J. Michael Martinez, Marilyn Chin, Bob Hicok and David Orr.
"Poetry Is a Volley between the Living and the Dead"
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Rita Dove introduces a poem by Tracy K. Smith.
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