Posted on 19/05/07
The quick and the read
QUICKBy Anne SimpsonMcClelland & Stewart,109 pages, $17.99KILLARNOEBy Sonnet L'AbbéMcClelland & Stewart,96 pages, $17.99There's always much criticism of book prizes because they can sometimes corrupt (or even silence) the winners while scorching the losers, and turning the act of writing into a gladiatorial combat. Because of the genre it represents, the Griffin Poetry Prize is probably an exception. For the most part, even highly sophisticated novel readers feel squeamishly uninformed about contemporary poetry. The Griffin has helped a great deal by becoming a bridge between poets and the all-too-often poem-shy audience.
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