Overview
An extraordinary collection of poems from Griffin Poetry Prize winner Don McKay.
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Old joke: āWhatās the difference between a lurch and a dance step?ā
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āI donāt know.ā
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āI didnāt think so. Letās sit down.ā
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These poems are what happens when you stay out on the dance floor instead, dancing the staggers. The full moon rises from the ocean and you lurch with astonishment that we live on a rocky sphere whirling in space. Or the bird in your handāa pipit or a storm petrelāconveys the exquisite frailty of existence. And thereās the complex of lurches as we contemplate our complicity in the sixth mass extinction.
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Throughout Lurch, language dances its ardent incompetence as a translator of āthe profane wonders of the wilderness,ā whether manifest as Balsam Fir, Catbirds, the extinct Eskimo Curlew, or the ever-present Cosmic Microwave Background.
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What is the difference between a love song and an elegy?
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This book title, Lurch, ISBN: 9780771057854, by Don McKay, published by McClelland & Stewart (August 3, 2021) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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