Gibsons BC: Nightwood Editions, 2007. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, 2007. INSCRIBED BY POET: " Dear R----/ Thank you for all your woderful work! You make my world a better place./ Hugs, Rita", no other markings, there is a small crimp to the lower corner of the back cover and the last fw leaves, thus Good used copy. Wraps, 85pp. From the back cover: "Self-described as "a impassioned rants against the abuse of power" this collection of poems is a fierce commentary on our international political landscape and the injustice it breeds". Forage was the winner of the 2008 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and was a Finalist for the 2008 Asian American Literary Award. The book also won the Canada Reads Poetry award in April 2011. Forage is accompanied by marginalia, Chinese characters and photos that give depth to the political context in which most of Wong's poems are situated. She is instructive without being pedantic, and thought-provoking while still calling forth humour and beauty.(1.0 JM LVR 205/1. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

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Bookseller: JWMah (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 06879
Title: FORAGE (Inscribed copy)
Author: Wong, Rita
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Nightwood Editions
Place of Publication: Gibsons BC
Date Published: 2007
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Poems Poetry Ecological Poems
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry and Poets; Canadian Poets and Poetry;

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