Posted on 22/03/08
The orphic and the playful
ORPHIC POLITICSBy Tim LilburnMcClelland & Stewart, 86 pages, $17.99THE NEW LAYMAN'S ALMANACBy Jacob McArthur MooneyMcClelland & Stewart, 133 pages, $17.99Two new books suggest different directions for contemporary Canadian poetry. Jacob McArthur Mooney's The New Layman's Almanac is a rollicking debut from a young enthusiast with some of Walt Whitman's beaming sincerity, while Tim Lilburn's Orphic Politics is a mid-career collection from an award-winning poet spinning ever more deeply into mantic territory.
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