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Whetter, Darryl, 1971-
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Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 -- Poetry.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Poetry.
Fossils -- Nova Scotia -- Poetry.
Evolution -- Poetry.
Canadian poetry -- 21st century.
Joggins (N.S.) -- Poetry.
Nova Scotia -- Poetry.
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Whetter, Darryl, 1971-
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 -- Poetry.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Poetry.
Fossils -- Nova Scotia -- Poetry.
Evolution -- Poetry.
Canadian poetry -- 21st century.
Joggins (N.S.) -- Poetry.
Nova Scotia -- Poetry.
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Origins / Darryl Whetter.
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Whetter, Darryl, 1971-
Palimpsest Press, 2012.
Call #:
819.16 W568o
Subjects
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875
--
Poetry
.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
--
Poetry
.
Fossils
--
Nova Scotia
--
Poetry
.
Evolution
--
Poetry
.
Canadian
poetry
--
21st century.
Joggins (N.S.)
--
Poetry
.
Nova Scotia
--
Poetry
.
ISBN:
9781926794105 (pbk.)
Description:
79 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Poems.
Some copies may be permabound.
Summary:
"Entombed within a thirty-kilometre-deep seam of rock, the fossils of Joggins, Nova Scotia are pried from a cliff-face by a version of the ocean out of which their creatures evolved--for the first time on Earth--more than three-hundred-million years ago. With probing metaphors and a keen eye on science, the poems in Origins create a multi-faceted portrait of
evolution
, extinction and climate change. Centered on the powerful Bay of Fundy, Origins compares the displaced, prehistoric marks of fossils with cultural marks like art and books. These varied poems observe eternal traces and lingering residues, from fossilized footprints to landscape sculpture to pollution and industrialization. With only one bone in a billion fossilized and a perpetually changing planetary surface, these celebratory yet cautionary poems also investigate chance, loss and ruin. The intersection of forces, which both create and destroy, are echoed by poems devoted to transitory art, the human addiction to energy, and an evolving media history (from nineteenth-century field drawings to twenty-first-century digital libraries). Origins is a nuanced ledger for a troubled world. Darryl Whetter is the author of two books of fiction. A Sharp Tooth in the Fur was his debut collection of stories. His first novel, The Push & the Pull, was released in 2008. He has been a professor of English and creative writing at various universities and currently teaches at Université Sainte-Anne"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Canadian
poetry
.
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