 [ Large Image ] | 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birthday in 2013 by reissuing his first two poetry books in a single volume, collecting with them 24 previously unpublished poems which predate them.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.” To purchase this title: Add it to your cart | Other Books by this Author |  | Sea Run: Notes on John Thompson’s Stilt Jack Peter Sanger 2023 / Literary Criticism Canadian Poetry / $28.95 CAN 9781554472581 / Trade paper / 144 pp |  | Biorachan Road Peter Sanger 2022 / Essay / $150.00 CAN Fine / 22 pp |  | Odysseus Asleep: Uncollected Sequences, 1994-2019 Peter Sanger 2019 / Canadian Poetry / $21.95 CAN 9781554472048 / Trade paper / 128 pp |  | Lightfield: The Photography of Thaddeus Holownia Peter Sanger 2018 / Photography, Essays, Canadian Art / $24.95 CAN 9781554471775 / Trade paper / 112 pp |  | Of Things Unknown: Critical Essays, 1978–2005 Peter Sanger 2015 / Literary Criticism / $34.95 CAN 9781554471508 / Trade paper / 368 pp |  | Oikos Peter Sanger 2014 / Essay / $9.95 CAN 9781554471256 / Pamphlet / 16 pp |  | John Stokes’ Horse Peter Sanger 2012 / Poetry / $21.95 CAN 9781554471133 / Trade paper / 128 pp |  | Through Darkling Air: The Poetry of Richard Outram Peter Sanger 2010 / Biography / $65.95 CAN 9781554470617 / Hardcover / 512 pp |  | The Stone Canoe: Two Lost Mi’kmaq Texts Peter Sanger, Elizabeth Paul, Alan Syliboy 2007 / Literary Criticism / $29.95 CAN 9781554470433 / Trade paper / 192 pp |  | Aiken Drum Peter Sanger 2006 / Poetry / $19.95 CAN 9781554470143 / Trade paper / 144 pp |  | Aiken Drum Peter Sanger 2006 / Poetry / $49.95 CAN 9781554470150 / Fine / 144 pp |  | White Salt Mountain: Words in Time Peter Sanger 2005 / Books & reading, Books & reading / $59.95 CAN 9781554470037 / Fine / 240 pp |  | White Salt Mountain: Words in Time Peter Sanger 2005 / Books & reading, Books & reading / $27.95 CAN 9781554470044 / Trade paper / 240 pp |  | Spar: Words in Place Peter Sanger 2002 / Books & reading / $21.95 CAN 9781894031547 / Trade paper / 112 pp | Spar: Words in Place Peter Sanger 2002 / Books & reading / $49.95 CAN 9781894031554 / Fine / 112 pp |  | Divisions of the Heart: Elizabeth Bishop and the Art of Memory and Place Sandra Barry, Peter Sanger, Gwendolyn Davies 2001 / Essays / $32.95 CAN 9781894031318 / Trade paper / 336 pp |  | Kerf Peter Sanger 2001 / Poetry / $4.95 CAN 9781894031530 / Pamphlet / 24 pp |
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