Thirty-Two Degrees [Paperback]

Raymond Beauchemin (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1993

32 Degrees is an anthology of prose, poetry, and drama edited by Raymond Beauchemin, 'distinguished' (in the words of Elizabeth Spenser) 'by talents which have been nurtured into significant growth, and [featuring] ... a variety of styles, each of which rings clear and true.' For Clark Blaise, both the new and established writers in this collection are 'on the road, turning heads, leaving foreign models in the dust.'

The author list of 32 Degrees (simultaneously postgraduates of Montreal’s Concordia University writing program) includes nationally recognised writers such as Nino Ricci, allowing the reader a glimpse into the early world of his extraordinary novel, Lives of the Saints, as well as less familiar, but no less talented writers like Nova Scotian David McGimpsey meditating on the legendary and dismal death of country music great, Hank Williams. Also present is Toronto’s April Bulmer, who writes a taut lyric, subtle with the details of her Ontario milieu. Clowns and real magicians inhabit the rodeo, stetson, and sawdust world of Saskatchewan in the magic-realist realm of Dan McBain. Other pieces in the anthology are by Pacific Coast resident Mark Cochrane, the accomplished Elizabeth Harvor, Ray Smith, Sharon Sparling, and Stephen Henighan.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: DC Books (September 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0919688381
• ISBN-13: 978-0919688384
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,415,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Raymond Beauchemin was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and after a career as an editor at several New England newspapers moved to Montreal, where he edited several anthologies of Quebec literature in English, organized a successful and popular reading series, taught journalism and ran a small publishing house, Hochelaga Press, publisher of John A. Williams's award-winning collection of poetry, Safari West. He was foreign editor of The Gazette for many years. Raymond lived in Abu Dhabi for several years in the late oughts, where he was a senior editor at The National. Everything I Own is his first novel.