Divisions of the Heart | Elizabeth Bishop & the Art of Memor & Place
by Sandra Barry (editor) , Gwendolyn Davies (editor) , Peter Sanger (editor)

September 2001 | Essays | $32.95 CAN | $32.95 US
1894031318 | 9781894031318 | Trade Paper

In the fall of 1998, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, hosted a symposium on the life and work of Pulitzer prize-winning writer Elizabeth Bishop (1911 – 1979). This book collects 25 of the essays that were presented at the conference, as well as over 40 black and white reproductions of photographs relating to Bishop's life.

Contributors include: Crystal Bacon, Marian Bannerman, Sandra Barry, Brian Bartlett, Neil Besner, Theodore Colson, Barbara Comins, Gwen Davies, Jeffery Donaldson, Patricia Dwyer, Lilian Falk, Andre Furlani, Gary Fountain, Glen Robert Gill, Lorrie Goldensohn, Michael Happy, Kathleen Johnson, Ross Leckie, Elizabeth McKim, Laura Jehn Menides, Sara Meyer, Roger Moore, Brian Robinson, Camille Roman, Peter Sanger and Anne Stevenson.

Author Biography

Peter Sanger has published seven collections of poetry, including Earth Moth (1991) and Arborealis (2005), a collaborative project with photographer Thaddeus Holownia. His recent prose work includes White Salt Mountain: Words in Time (GP, 2005) and Spar: Words in Place (GP, 2002). His most recent publication is a collection of poetry entitled Aiken Drum (GP, 2006). Sanger has been the poetry editor of The Antigonish Review since 1985. He lives in South Maitland, Nova Scotia.

Peter Sanger has published seven collections of poetry, including Earth Moth (1991) and Arborealis (2005), a collaborative project with photographer Thaddeus Holownia. His recent prose work includes White Salt Mountain: Words in Time (GP, 2005) and Spar: Words in Place (GP, 2002). His most recent publication is a collection of poetry entitled Aiken Drum (GP, 2006). Sanger has been the poetry editor of The Antigonish Review since 1985. He lives in South Maitland, Nova Scotia.

Peter Sanger has published seven collections of poetry, including Earth Moth (1991) and Arborealis (2005), a collaborative project with photographer Thaddeus Holownia. His recent prose work includes White Salt Mountain: Words in Time (GP, 2005) and Spar: Words in Place (GP, 2002). His most recent publication is a collection of poetry entitled Aiken Drum (GP, 2006). Sanger has been the poetry editor of The Antigonish Review since 1985. He lives in South Maitland, Nova Scotia.

Reviews

"Divisions of the Heart is an essential addition to the expanding library of Bishop criticism." George Elliott Clarke, Halifax Sunday Herald