The Names of Things - Softcover

Helwig, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889842868 ISBN 13: 9780889842861

Publisher: Porcupine's Quill Inc.,Canada, 2006

Synopsis

Talking about a man and a generation, this collection of poetry aims to catch the echoes of the life he lived. From childhood during the Second World War to becoming a grandfather at the millennium, this is the story of one man and his connections with the history of Canada in the latter part of the twentieth century.

About this title

About the Author

Born in Toronto in 1938, David Helwig attended the University of Toronto and the University of Liverpool. His first stories were published in Canadian Forum and The Montrealer while he was still an undergraduate. He then went on to teach at Queen's University. He worked in summer stock with the Straw Hat Players, mostly as a business manager and technician, rubbing elbows with such actors as Gordon Pinsent, Jackie Burroughs and Timothy Findley.

While at Queen's University,

From the Back Cover

David Helwig's recollection of Tiff Findley dealing with a wayward shaggy dog on stage in the Straw Hat Players (Peterborough) production of the `King of Hearts' is probably worth the price of admission ..., though the story about Zal Yanofsky of the Lovin' Spoonful auditing a course in introductory Russian at Queen's is interesting too, and then there's a bunch of other anecdotes that involve characters (A to Z) such as Margaret Atwood, Don Bailey, Clark Blaise, George Bowering, Bonnie Burnard, Jackie Burroughs, Adrienne Clarkson, Matt Cohen, Robertson Davies, Timothy Findley, Barbara Frum, John Glassco, Peter Gzowski, Marion Hebb, Dennis Lee, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Michael Macklem, John Metcalf, Alden Nowlan, Michael Ondaatje, Al Purdy, Mordecai Richler, Leon Rooke, Ray Souster, Bronwen Wallace, George Whalley and Dale Zieroth.

From the Inside Flap

David Helwig's recollection of Tiff Findley dealing with a wayward shaggy dog on stage in the Straw Hat Players (Peterborough) production of the `King of Hearts' is probably worth the price of admission ..., though the story about Zal Yanofsky of the Lovin' Spoonful auditing a course in introductory Russian at Queen's is interesting too, and then there's a bunch of other anecdotes that involve characters (A to Z) such as Margaret Atwood, Don Bailey, Clark Blaise, George Bowering, Bonnie Burnard, Jackie Burroughs, Adrienne Clarkson, Matt Cohen, Robertson Davies, Timothy Findley, Barbara Frum, John Glassco, Peter Gzowski, Marion Hebb, Dennis Lee, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Michael Macklem, John Metcalf, Alden Nowlan, Michael Ondaatje, Al Purdy, Mordecai Richler, Leon Rooke, Ray Souster, Bronwen Wallace, George Whalley and Dale Zieroth.

Edition details

• Publisher: Porcupine's Quill Inc.,Canada
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889842868
• ISBN 13: 9780889842861
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304