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Rip Rap: Fiction and Poetry from the Banff Centre for the Arts (Fiction and Poetry from the Banff Centre, 2) - Softcover
In this second collection from The Banff Centre's Writing Studio program, forty-one accomplished writers share some of the poetry and fiction that grew from their Banff writing experience. In celebration of the Writing Studio's twenty-fifth anniversary, Rip Rap joins Meltwater as an important gathering of Banff Centre alumni, a tribute to the continuing influence of Banff on the lives and careers of writers across the country. The selections in Rip Rap are infused with a fresh perspective, offering a rare and intelligent clarity of vision. In joining the path travelled by so many before them, each writer adds his or her voice to the bedrock--both of Banff's writing community and of Canada's literary landscape.
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Don McKay has published numerous books of poetry, including "Birding, or desire" (1983), "Night Field" (1991), "Apparatus" (1997), "Another Gravity" (2000), "Strike/Slip" (2006), "The Muskwa Assemblage (2008), and "Paradoxides" (2012). He won the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2007, two Governor General's Awards for Poetry (in 1991 and 2000), a National Magazine Award in 1991, the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award for Poetry (in 1983 and 2013), and the E.J. Pratt Poetry Award in 2013. His books have also appeared on the shortlists for the Governor General's Award for Non-fiction (in 2002), the Governor General's Award for Poetry (in 1983 and 1997), and the Griffin Poetry Prize (in 2001 and 2005). He was named to the Order of Canada in 2009
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McKay is also a respected editor, teacher, and scholar. He h
* Honourable mention, Cover Design of the Year, Alberta Book Awards .".. the editors were looking for pieces that made them tingle ... and to which they hoped the reader would also be drawn. Many of the chosen pieces are reflective, rich with detail, and composed with strong and definitive voices."--Wendy Boulding, Prairie Books NOW
.".. the editors were looking for pieces that made them tingle ... and to which they hoped the reader would also be drawn. Many of the chosen pieces are reflective, rich with detail, and composed with strong and definitive voices."--Wendy Boulding, Prairie Books NOW
.".. the editors were looking for pieces that made them tingle ... and to which they hoped the reader would also be drawn. Many of the chosen pieces are reflective, rich with detail, and composed with strong and definitive voices."--Wendy Boulding, Prairie Books NOW
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- PublisherBanff Centre Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0920159656
- ISBN 13 9780920159651
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages254
- EditorAlford Edna, McKay Don, Tregebov Rhea
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