Heres what Michael Crummey has to say about Don McKays new book in the Globe and Mail: Angular Unconformity is the elegantly packaged Collected Poems of the incomparable Don McKay. McKay has been one of the most original writers in the country for decades now and this book showcases the extraordinary range of his voice, his endlessly versatile gift for metaphor, his insistent reframing of the human experience within the vast realms of wilderness and geologic “deep time.” Existence itself is the miracle in McKay’s universe, and he offers a corrective sense of our infinitesimal place within the big picture. The undercurrent of existential loneliness you’d expect from such a project is always leavened by McKay’s humour, by his almost religious sense of wonder. Whether considering a geode paperweight or the song of the Canada Goose, these poems are wry, self-deprecating and constantly surprising. A book to make you feel happy to be alive. – Michael Crummey, author of Sweetland. Heres the full article. theglobeandmail/life/holiday-guide/gift-guides-shopping/our-favourite-authors-choose-their-favourite-books-of-the-year/article22194486/
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