The Drunken, Lovely Bird [Paperback]

Sue Sinclair (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 29, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0864924119 | ISBN-13: 978-0864924117 | Edition: No edition

Sue Sinclair writes in a lyrical tradition that subverts the stereotype of “Canadian women’s” poetry while still playing with some, if not all, of the same poetic vocabulary. The Drunken Lovely Bird, her accomplished third book of poetry, confirms her reputation as one of Canada’s most original young poets. A keen observer of the material world, from the Newfoundland coast to the streets of Toronto, she has a rare gift for epiphany, for exposing the numinous in the commonplace. Her poems speak from that precise place where our perception of the world and our capacity for language meet and embrace, where our sense of experience goes to get sharpened and refreshed. That experience might involve the inner lives of clouds, the flourishing and passing of a tulip, the evocative scent of wolf willow, or the intricate arts of Bach and Virginia Woolf. Sinclair’s poems are deft, musical, and quick in the moment, alive to the sensuous surface and the meditative depth, their antennae fully extended. They focus brilliantly on lively physical details, yet they resonate with the subtle emotions that whisper at the edges of the everyday world. Meditative and beautifully crafted, Sinclair’s poems are simultaneously surprising and inevitable, inviting readers to gaze more deeply into their surroundings and to rejoice in both the light and the dark.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Sue Sinclair’s poetry resonates with the world’s lively details and the subtle emotions that whisper at the edges of the everyday. A keen observer of both the seascapes of her native Newfoundland and the cityscapes of Toronto, she captures moments between or after events and preserves the still point when things are most themselves. She registers the weight of being and tries to make peace with the world’s mysterious ineffability, with its uncertainty and, most poignantly, with its mutability.

About the Author

Sue Sinclair grew up in St. John146s, Newfoundland. Her extraordinary poetic powers were first recognized when she won two creative writing awards at University of New Brunswick: the Walker Prize and the Angela Ludvine Memorial Prize. Her first poetry collection, Secrets of Weather & Hope, was a finalist for the 2002 Gerald Lampert Award, and her second, Mortal Arguments, was a finalist for the Atlantic Poetry Prize. Her work appears frequently in magazines such as The Fiddlehead, Canadian Literature, Grain, The New Quarterly, and The Malahat Review, and in anthologies such as Coastlines and Breathing Fire II.

Product Details

• Paperback: 92 pages
• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions; No edition edition (July 29, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0864924119
• ISBN-13: 978-0864924117
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,408,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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