A Brief History of the Short-Lived Betty Baxter and unifying motifs reveal not

and unifying motifs reveal not only grief's lengthening shadows but also its luminosity

" Denham's brilliant long poem painstakingly laying out the natural beauty and geography of the small coastal town he grew up in and its transformation into "Memories rippling/ On the periphery of vision between clean new buildings

a harbour is "filled with the air/ we breathe for/ each other

The title of Carleton Wilson's debut poetry book

Prize(s): Winner CBC Literary Awards (2003)

A Brief History of the Short-Lived Betty Baxter and unifying motifs reveal notDescription In his third poetry collection, A Brief History of the Short Lived, Chris Hutchinson brings the full force of his linguistic dexterity to bear on the elusive subject of literature itself. With his restless intellectual curiosity tempered by a dash of witty self deprecation, Hutchinson deftly manoeuvres through hallowed halls of academia with humour and grace. Three stylistically distinct sections,"Imago,""A Brief History of the Short