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Norm Sibum's poems are field notes from the end of empire, a satirist's barbs, verse letters from a poet to his enemies and friends.
About the author
Born in Oberammergau in 1947, Norm Sibum grew up in Germany, Alaska, Missouri, Utah, and Washington. He has been a Montréaler since 1994. Along with Bruce Serafin, he founded the
Vancouver Review in 1989 and published several collections of poetry in Canada and in England with Carcanet Press. His
Girls and Handsome Dogs ( Porcupine's Quill, 2002) won the Quebec Writer's Federation A.M. Klein Award for Poetry.
The Pangborn Defence (Biblioasis, 2008) was short-listed for the same award.
Summary
Norm Sibum’s poems are field notes from the end of empire, a satirist’s barbs, verse letters from a poet to his enemies and friends.
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