Best Canadian Poetry 2021

"This is a book," writes guest editor Souvankham Thammavongsa, "about what I saw and read and loved, and want you to see and read and love." Selected from work published by Canadian poets in magazines and journals in 2020, Best Canadian Poetry 2021 gathers the poems Thammavongsa loved most over a year's worth of reading, and draws together voices that "got in and out quickly, that said unusual things, that were clear, spare, and plain, that made [her] laugh out loud ... the voices that barely ever survive to make it onto the page." From new work by Canadian icons to thrilling emerging talents, this year's anthology offers fifty poems for you to fall in love with as well. Featuring:Margaret AtwoodKen BabstockManahil BandukwalaCourtney Bates-HardyRoxanna BennettRonna BloomLouise CarsonKate CayleyKitty CheungDani CoutureKayla CzagaŠari DaleUnnati DesaiTina DoAndrew DuBoisPaola FerranteBeth GoobieNina Philomena HonoratLiz HowardMaureen HynesGeorge K IlsleyEve JosephIan KetekuJudith KrauseM Travis LaneMary Dean LeeCanisia LubrinRandy LundyDavid LyYohani MendisPamela MosherSusan MusgraveTéa MutonjiBarbara NickelOttavia PaluchKirsten PendreighEmily Pohl-WearyDavid RomandaMatthew RooneyZoe Imani SharpeSue SinclairJohn StefflerSarah Yi-Mei TsiangArielle TwistDavid Ezra WangPhoebe WangHayden WardElana WolffEugenia ZuroskiJan Zwicky

About the author

Souvankham Thammavongsa is the author of five books: Small Arguments (2003), winner of the ReLit Prize; Found (2007), now a short film; Light (2013), winner of the Trillium Book Award for Poetry; Cluster (2019); and the short story collection How to Pronounce Knife (2020), winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a New York Times Editors' Choice. She has been in residence at Yaddo and has presented her work at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Summary

“This is a book,” writes guest editor Souvankham Thammavongsa, “about what I saw and read and loved, and want you to see and read and love.” Selected from work published by Canadian poets in magazines and journals in 2020, Best Canadian Poetry 2021 gathers the poems Thammavongsa loved most over a year’s worth of reading, and draws together voices that “got in and out quickly, that said unusual things, that were clear, spare, and plain, that made [her] laugh out loud … the voices that barely ever survive to make it onto the page.” From new work by Canadian icons to thrilling emerging talents, this year’s anthology offers fifty poems for you to fall in love with as well.

Featuring:

Margaret Atwood

Ken Babstock

Manahil Bandukwala

Courtney Bates-Hardy

Roxanna Bennett

Ronna Bloom

Louise Carson

Kate Cayley

Kitty Cheung

Dani Couture

Kayla Czaga

Šari Dale

Unnati Desai

Tina Do

Andrew DuBois

Paola Ferrante

Beth Goobie

Nina Philomena Honorat

Liz Howard

Maureen Hynes

George K Ilsley

Eve Joseph

Ian Keteku

Judith Krause

M Travis Lane

Mary Dean Lee

Canisia Lubrin

Randy Lundy

David Ly

Yohani Mendis

Pamela Mosher

Susan Musgrave

Téa Mutonji

Barbara Nickel

Ottavia Paluch

Kirsten Pendreigh

Emily Pohl-Weary

David Romanda

Matthew Rooney

Zoe Imani Sharpe

Sue Sinclair

John Steffler

Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang

Arielle Twist

David Ezra Wang

Phoebe Wang

Hayden Ward

Elana Wolff

Eugenia Zuroski

Jan Zwicky

Foreword

• Print run: 2,000 copies


• Co-op available


• Advance reader copies


• Edelweiss digital review copies


• Online and social media campaign


• E-book available at same time as print edition


• Virtual launch and festival appearances

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Praise for the Best Canadian Poetry Series

“[These] books are must-haves for libraries, schools, and intellectually well-intentioned bedside nightstands across the country.”—Quill & Quire

“The wide range of writers, forms and themes represented here make it a great jumping-off point for readers who might be interested in Canadian poetry but are unsure about where to start.”—Globe and Mail

“Buy it, or borrow it, but do read it.”—Arc Poetry Magazine

“A magnet, I think, for the many people who would like to know contemporary poetry.”—A.F. Moritz, Griffin Poetry Prize winner

“An eclectic and diverse collection of Canadian poetry . . . a wonderful addition to anyone’s bookshelf.”—Toronto Quarterly

Product details

• Assisted by: Souvankham Thammavongsa (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.11.2021, delayed
• EAN: 9781771964395
• ISBN: 978-1-77196-439-5
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Best Canadian
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), POETRY / Canadian