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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Talonbooks Ltd
Publication date
August 30, 2011
Pages
158
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780889226623
ISBN-10
0889226628
Dimensions
0.50 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Published in
Canada
Original list price
$17.95
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Composed in three sections, Glengarry is a return in writing to the landscape of rob mclennanâs youth and a headlong rush into the fractures, slippages and buried surfaces of what the text leaves undisclosed to him.
In Âglengarry: open field (a postscripted journal)â the poet discovers that Âthe earth remembers every scratch & scar & step ever took, if you know where to look, how to ask in the way of assembling,â and to ask those questions of the emotional and physical landscapes of oneâs youth is to discover that Âhistory is written by everything that history forgetsâ; is Âto half-open a story of what no longer existsâ; to beg the question, Âis this memory or romanticismâ; to run the risk of becoming lost in the very attempt to reconstruct the elements of our past: Âthere is always the fear here of looking more back than ahead.â What mclennan finds on this quest is nothing more than Âa portable violence of heritage & secrets.â What he discovers here, however, is that Âwe all live in Âimagined boundaries,â and that Âif the story exists, i am living the Âlanguage of it.â
The short reprise to his memory poem, Âwhiskey jack,â leads Âmclennan to ask: Âwhat am I filled with, this quiet / conspiratorial talk, this body / of open wilderness, painted trees / & a history that functions / without markers / save seasons.â
Finally, in Âavalanche,â the answer to mclennanâs rhetorical Âquestion, Âwhere are you, heart?â appears in both its lyric and its epic voices: Âthe names of all my broken hearts are only names againâ and Âthere is eventually a silence / there is history.â Amidst this Âaesthetic of wonderful destructionâ each new poem is Âan illusion against destructive slide,â because Âwhat else is human hope but momentarily borne.â
In Âglengarry: open field (a postscripted journal)â the poet discovers that Âthe earth remembers every scratch & scar & step ever took, if you know where to look, how to ask in the way of assembling,â and to ask those questions of the emotional and physical landscapes of oneâs youth is to discover that Âhistory is written by everything that history forgetsâ; is Âto half-open a story of what no longer existsâ; to beg the question, Âis this memory or romanticismâ; to run the risk of becoming lost in the very attempt to reconstruct the elements of our past: Âthere is always the fear here of looking more back than ahead.â What mclennan finds on this quest is nothing more than Âa portable violence of heritage & secrets.â What he discovers here, however, is that Âwe all live in Âimagined boundaries,â and that Âif the story exists, i am living the Âlanguage of it.â
The short reprise to his memory poem, Âwhiskey jack,â leads Âmclennan to ask: Âwhat am I filled with, this quiet / conspiratorial talk, this body / of open wilderness, painted trees / & a history that functions / without markers / save seasons.â
Finally, in Âavalanche,â the answer to mclennanâs rhetorical Âquestion, Âwhere are you, heart?â appears in both its lyric and its epic voices: Âthe names of all my broken hearts are only names againâ and Âthere is eventually a silence / there is history.â Amidst this Âaesthetic of wonderful destructionâ each new poem is Âan illusion against destructive slide,â because Âwhat else is human hope but momentarily borne.â
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9780889226623 | details & prices | 158 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Composed in three sections, Glengarry is a return in writing to the landscape of rob mclennanâs youth and a headlong rush into the fractures, slippages and buried surfaces of what the text leaves undisclosed to him.
About: Composed in three sections, Glengarry is a return in writing to the landscape of rob mclennanâs youth and a headlong rush into the fractures, slippages and buried surfaces of what the text leaves undisclosed to him.
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