Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Great Regulars: Although [Randall] Maggs's poems focus

on [Terry] Sawchuk and his complex personality, they also convey the physical and psychological hazards faced by professional goaltenders of the age. Illustrated by photographs, the text presents many voices, including Sawchuk's, in a work that guides readers through the triumphs and failures of a tumultuous 20-year NHL career.

from Judith Fitzgerald: The Globe and Mail: In Other Words: Maggs snags Kobzar

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Welp, here is where poetry can help (and prove the prime minister wrong when it comes to all the cuts we've taken on the chin), no? If anyone can do better than what we now have, please, step forward and save this backward country from its Anthem's lack of splash and panache--no flares? no rockets? no gleamings? Quel dommage--now would be the time. I'm already working on mine. ("O-O, Canada!") I bet one of us gets knighted :)!

from Judith Fitzgerald: The Globe and Mail: In Other Words: Uh-O, Canada!

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