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A knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen by Erin Noteboom
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 FRED COGSWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN POETRY
A radiant collection that employs the lyric poem as a tool for scientific and emotional exploration.
Erin Noteboom's A knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen takes exact and exquisite measurement of what carries a voice through illness, grief, loss, and through the failures and triumphs of work and love. Various theories and hypotheses are tested in these poems: sadness is knowledge and science "is only half a turn from love." Whether Noteboom is examining the life and work of physicist Marie Curie or compressing imagistic gems from plaintive, important questions like "What lasts?", there is everywhere in these poems a shadow-scratching curiosity, vital research, and an acknowledgement of the long waits in a life between discoveries. An essential marriage between the arts and science, A knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen is full of poems that readers will savour long after closing their eyes and raising the vial.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781771316026 |
| ISBN 10 | 1771316020 |
| Title | A knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen |
| Author | Erin Noteboom |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Brick Books |
| Year published | 2023-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 88 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry 2024 (Canada) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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