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Intertidal: The Collected Earlier Poems offers Marlatt's perceptual and Vancouver-centric work of the 1970s, her feminist writing of the 1980s, and her later collaborative work. Intertidal collects a broad selection of this poet's groundbreaking work, including poetry from sixteen published collections and a number of previously unpublished or uncollected poems. The volume contains:\u003cbr\u003e Frames of a Story (1968)\u003cbr\u003e leaf leaf\/s (1969)\u003cbr\u003e What Matters: Writing (1968-1970)\u003cbr\u003e Vancouver Poems (1972)\u003cbr\u003e Our Lives (1972-1975)\u003cbr\u003e Steveston (1974)\u003cbr\u003e \"Month of Hungry Ghosts\" (1979)\u003cbr\u003e \"A Lost Book\" (1970s)\u003cbr\u003e \"Here and There\" (1981)\u003cbr\u003e How Hug a Stone (1983)\u003cbr\u003e Touch to My Tongue (1984)\u003cbr\u003e Salvage (1991)\u003cbr\u003e \"small print\" (1993)\u003cbr\u003e \"Sea Shining Between,\" \"Impossible Portraiture,\" \"Tracing the Cut\" (2002)\u003cbr\u003e \"Generation, generations ...\" (Coda to the 3rd edition of Steveston, 2001)\u003cbr\u003e Between Brush Strokes (2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe later chapbook, Between Brush Strokes, is reproduced in full-colour, facsimile edition. The collection includes an introduction by Susan Holbrook as well as a complete bibliography of the work of this West Coast, deconstructionist, lesbian, and feminist writer. Intertidal is the definitive oeuvre of Daphne Marlatt's poetry exploring the city, feminism, and collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the third volume in a new series of collected works published by Talonbooks. The first two are Peacock Blue: The Collected Poems of Phyllis Webb and Scree: The Collected Early Poems of Fred Wah, 1962-1991.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52820807254289,"sku":"NLS9781772011784","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781772011784.jpg?v=1764330641"},{"product_id":"splinters-streams-book-daphne-marlatt-9781946104618","title":"Splinters \u0026 Streams","description":"Daphne Marlatt' s work has been described as including \" such acuity of hush and cadence,\" creating \" sound that is space inhabiting her body, becoming ours\" (Erí n Moure). 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