Open Air Bindery - Softcover

Hickey, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1926845242 ISBN 13: 9781926845241

Publisher: Biblioasis, 2011

Synopsis

David Hickey’s second collection builds upon the myriad strengths of his first. In a specimen book of songs, stories, and covenants, Hickey’s subjects range from art and astronomy to snowflakes and suburbia. These poems "take their time / Covering the roadside trees in forms of their careful willing . . . gesturing down to earth, unveiling new shapes / for all that they find.”

David Hickey is a past recipient of the Milton Acorn Prize, the Ralph Gustafson Prize for Poetry, and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poetry in Canada. His work has appeared in magazines and journals across Canada and the United States.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

David Hickey's sophomore collection of poetry, Open Air Bindery, builds upon the myriad strengths of his first collection to offer a tightly fantastic collection of songs, stories and covenants ranging across everything from art and astronomy to snowflakes and suburbia, each poem a small instance of colliding light, playful and humorous and profound. These poems, like the flakes in Hickey's poem sequence "Snowflake Photography," take their "time/ Covering the roadside trees in forms of (their) careful willing ... gesturing down to earth, unveiling new shapes/ for all that (they) find/ here in the oldest of botanies."

About the Author:

David Hickey: David Hickey grew up on Prince Edward Island, in western Labrador, and along the north shore of Quebec. A past recipient of the Milton Acorn Prize and the Ralph Gustafson Prize for Poetry, his work has appeared in magazines and journals across Canada an the United States. An avid runner and back yard astronomer, he now lives and works in Fredericton.

About this edition

• Publisher: Biblioasis
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1926845242
• ISBN 13: 9781926845241
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72