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Bookworm, no. 31

Bookworm, no. 31

Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry. Adrian Ma reviews Paulo da Costa’s memoir about fatherhood. The Edna Staebler Award. Inside the March issue.

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Feb 20, 2024
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A Year of Last Things
Michael Ondaatje
Penguin Random House Canada
128 pages, softcover and ebook

Michael Ondaatje’s first book of poetry in eighteen years, A Year of Last Things, is frank, pensive, and brutally vulnerable. As with Ondaatje’s best collections, including The Dainty Monsters and Rat Jelly, the unpredictable verse balances emotional …

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