Eyes Like Pigeons, Roberta Rees' long poem, comes back, always, to this: ... Thi' in Vietnamese means poetry." Thi, a Vietnamese refugee, is this book's associational matrix; playing with the possibilities of her name, Rees writes of Thi, poetry both self-reflexive and self-reflective, and immensely different from that which idealizes women with cliches like the title of this volume. The poetry she finds through Thi is as harsh as it is beautiful; its content as sorrowful as the style is liberating, joyful.
CO-WINNER of the 1992 Gerald Lampert Award from the League of Canadian Poets WINNER of the 1992 Writers Guild of Alberta Award for Poetry
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Roberta Rees lives in Calgary where she has taught high school and university English courses and now teaches Creative Writing for Women
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Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # FORT466362
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FINE First Edition, 1st printing trade paperback. Inscribed and SIGNED by Roberta Rees on the title page. Previous owner's name at top of first page, otherwise as-new. In this elegant long poem, Rees celebrates strength and courage of the female spirit. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002325
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Canadain Edition. In 1993 this book of poetry won the Gerald Lampert Award and the Alberta Literary Awards' Stephan G. Stephansson prize 118p.illus. Book. Seller Inventory # 041403
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