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Arthur Bull has selected the best of his published poetry and has added new works to show his engagement with the world, great minds, and important causes over the past thirty years. He writes, "For some poets, making a selection like this is apparently a very difficult task, but that has not been the case for me: I simply chose the ones I like. This is a bit like having a favourite mutt that could never get a ribbon in a dog show, and probably means that some good poems have been left out because I never really warmed to them. I suppose it also means that the book itself is a kind of expressive poetic work, taken as a whole. Or that is my defence, anyway."
About the author
Arthur Bull lives in Lake Midway on Digby Neck, in Nova Scotia. He has published seven books of poetry and five chapbooks, and his poems and translations from classical Chinese have appeared in numerous Canadian, US and international journals. He is also a musician and has been part of the improvised music scene in Canada for more than 40 years. As a long-time activist he has worked primarily with small-scale fisheries organizations and rural development organizations at the local, national and international level.
