 [ Large Image ] | A Carpentry of Words and Wood John Terpstra 2025 / Memoirs, Writing/Poetry / $31.95 9781554472703 / Trade paper / 196 pp I have to put out of my mind what is happening to the trees of the forest in order to do what I do, writes John Terpstra at the opening of this memoir, because his lifelong creative pursuits of carpentry, furniture building and writing books—occupations consumptive of lumber and paper—necessitate a certain amount of sylvan destruction. With his episodic prose style and dogged curiosity, Terpstra considers the many facets of his complex relationship with trees and timber, all while recounting the story of his evolution as a craftsperson. In weighing the similarities and differences between carpentry and creative writing and the bittersweetness of his transition into retirement, Terpstra discovers that the trees have a canopy of lessons to teach us about being. To purchase this title: Add it to your cart | Other Books by this Author |  | Call Me Home John Terpstra 2021 / Canadian Poetry / $21.95 CAN 9781554472260 / Trade paper / 108 pp |  | Mischief John Terpstra 2017 / Poetry / $19.95 CAN 9781554471676 / Trade paper / 80 pp |  | The House with the Parapet Wall John Terpstra 2014 / Memoir / $24.95 CAN 9781554471393 / Trade paper / 160 pp |  | Brilliant Falls John Terpstra 2013 / Poetry / $17.95 CAN 9781554471232 / Trade paper / 64 pp |  | Falling Into Place John Terpstra 2011 / Nature, Politics / $24.95 CAN 9781554471102 / Trade paper / 240 pp |  | Skin Boat: Acts of faith and other navigations John Terpstra 2009 / Memoir / $25.95 CAN 9781554470792 / Trade paper / 160 pp |  | Two or Three Guitars: Selected Poems John Terpstra 2006 / Poetry / $49.95 CAN 9781554470273 / Fine / 144 pp |  | Two or Three Guitars: Selected Poems John Terpstra 2006 / Poetry / $19.95 CAN 9781554470266 / Trade paper / 144 pp |  | Brendan Luck John Terpstra 2005 / Poetry / $4.95 CAN 9781554470136 / Pamphlet / 24 pp |  | The Boys, or, Waiting for the Electrician’s Daughter John Terpstra 2005 / Biography / Memoirs / $25.95 CAN 9781554470112 / Trade paper / 144 pp |  | Disarmament John Terpstra 2003 / Poetry / $18.95 CAN 9781894031738 / Trade paper / 104 pp |  | Falling Into Place John Terpstra 2002 / Nature, Politics / $25.95 CAN 9781894031608 / Trade paper / 320 pp |  | Restoration John Terpstra 2000 / Poetry / $2.95 CAN 9781894031325 / Pamphlet / 16 pp |
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