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In this inaugural volume of the Lyrik Poetry Series, honouring Canada's foremost Mennonite poets, CMU Press presents the finest work, past and present, of Manitoba's wonderful Sarah Klassen, who has been publishing poetry since her award-winning first collection in 1988, Journey to Yalta. In a long and distinguished poetry career, Klassen has explored hope and suffering, language and its limits, movement and stillness-always inviting readers into her care. Including an introduction by editor Nathan Dueck and an afterword by the poet, this volume presents new and uncollected poems as well as a…mehr

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In this inaugural volume of the Lyrik Poetry Series, honouring Canada's foremost Mennonite poets, CMU Press presents the finest work, past and present, of Manitoba's wonderful Sarah Klassen, who has been publishing poetry since her award-winning first collection in 1988, Journey to Yalta. In a long and distinguished poetry career, Klassen has explored hope and suffering, language and its limits, movement and stillness-always inviting readers into her care. Including an introduction by editor Nathan Dueck and an afterword by the poet, this volume presents new and uncollected poems as well as a generous selection from Sarah Klassen's eight books of poetry. Full of faith, curiosity, and surprise, these poems offer readers grace and insight at every turn.
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Autorenporträt
Sarah Klassen was born in Manitoba in 1932. A Winnipeg English teacher for many years, she also taught in Lithuania and Ukraine. Her poetry has received two National Magazine Poetry Awards, one silver, one gold. In 2017 Sarah Klassen was shortlisted for the Mitchell Prize for Faith and Poetry, and she has won a Word Guild Award, a Canadian Authors Association prize, and a High Plains book award. Her published work includes eight poetry collections and four books of fiction. Nathan Dueck is the author of three collections of poetry, king's(mère) (2003), he'll (2014), and A Very Special Episode (2019). Raised in Manitoba, he did his BA and MA in English at the University of Manitoba, and in 2009 received his doctorate from the University of Calgary. He teaches English and Creative Writing at College of the Rockies in British Columbia. His next book is the creative memoir 1979-, to be published in fall 2024.