Peter Sanger

Peter Sanger is a poet and essayist, widely known for his critical writings on poets John Thompson, Douglas Lochhead, and Richard Outram. His recent books include Lightfield: The Photography of Thaddeus Holownia and Odysseus Asleep: Uncollected Sequences, 1994–2019. He lives in Truro, NS.



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Fireship: Early Poems, 1965–1991
Peter Sanger

2013 / Poetry / $25.95
9781554471218 / Trade paper / 192 pp


“I believe a book can be a labyrinth whose centre is the journey to itself,” writes Peter Sanger. “A concerto grosso, not a singular declamation” And indeed in reading Sanger, individual books, like individual poems, may profitably be read as layers in the strata of his oeuvre, each influenced by what was written before and influencing in turn what was to be written next. Taken together, his books describe the long arc of his particular sensitivity to language and his ever-evolving sense of nature, culture and place. “All the poems in Fireship,” writes Sanger, “concern where we were, where we are, where we will be.”

As well as his many prose projects, Gaspereau Press has been publishing Sanger’s poetry since 2002, issuing two full-length collections—Aiken Drum and John Stokes’ Horse. While these volumes remain in print, Sanger’s first two collections, published elsewhere, have essentially disappeared from view—The America Reel (1983) and Earth Moth (1991). With the blessing of their original publishers, Gaspereau Press is marking Peter Sanger’s seventieth birthday in 2013 by reissuing his first two poetry books in a single volume, collecting with them 24 previously unpublished poems which predate them. The volume also includes a new essay entitled “Log-slate.”



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Sea Run: Notes on John Thompson’s Stilt Jack
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2023 / Literary Criticism Canadian Poetry / $28.95 CAN
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Biorachan Road
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2022 / Essay / $150.00 CAN
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Odysseus Asleep: Uncollected Sequences, 1994-2019
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2019 / Canadian Poetry / $21.95 CAN
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Lightfield: The Photography of Thaddeus Holownia
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2018 / Photography, Essays, Canadian Art / $24.95 CAN
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Of Things Unknown: Critical Essays, 1978–2005
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2015 / Literary Criticism / $34.95 CAN
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Oikos
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2014 / Essay / $9.95 CAN
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John Stokes’ Horse
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2012 / Poetry / $21.95 CAN
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Through Darkling Air: The Poetry of Richard Outram
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2010 / Biography / $65.95 CAN
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The Stone Canoe: Two Lost Mi’kmaq Texts
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2007 / Literary Criticism / $29.95 CAN
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Aiken Drum
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2006 / Poetry / $19.95 CAN
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Aiken Drum
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2006 / Poetry / $49.95 CAN
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White Salt Mountain: Words in Time
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2005 / Books & reading / $59.95 CAN
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White Salt Mountain: Words in Time
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2005 / Books & reading / $27.95 CAN
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Spar: Words in Place
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2002 / Books & reading / $21.95 CAN
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Spar: Words in Place
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2002 / Books & reading / $49.95 CAN
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Divisions of the Heart: Elizabeth Bishop and the Art of Memory and Place
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2001 / Essays / $32.95 CAN
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Kerf
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2001 / Poetry / $4.95 CAN
9781894031530 / Pamphlet / 24 pp

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