Stilt Jack by John Thompson

Stilt Jack by John Thompson

The much-loved, yet undervalued, final book of poems by British-Canadian poet John Thompson, is reissued in a handsome edition, featuring a new introduction by Rob Winger.

Originally published in 1978, Stilt Jack is a series of powerful soliloquies on the complexity of love and the process of living. These are made immediate through Thompson’s command of metaphor, his eye for the New Brunswick landscape, his intense, often elliptical way of transfiguring everyday things into shorthand symbols of reality. This remarkable sequence of poems is based on the ghazal, an ancient Persian poetic form which is discussed in Thompson’s introduction to the original edition of the book.

These poems more than fulfill the promise of Thompson’s first collection, At the Edge of the Chopping There Are No Secrets. Stilt Jack is the last testament of a major poet at the pinnacle of his craft.

JOHN THOMPSON (1938–76) was one of the most acclaimed Canadian poets of the twentieth century. Born and raised in England, he received a Ph.D. in comparative literature at Michigan State University before moving to Canada to teach at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. His first collection, At the Edge of the Chopping There Are No Secrets, was published in 1973, and his second, Stilt Jack, appeared posthumously in 1978. ROB WINGER is the author of three poetry collections: Muybridge’s Horse, which was a Globe and Mail Best Book, the winner of the CBC Literary Prize, and a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Ottawa Book Award, and the Trillium Book Award for Poetry; The Chimney Stone; and Old Hat. Born and raised in Ontario, Rob currently lives in the hills northeast of Toronto, where he teaches at Trent University.

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ISBN 13	9781487006662
ISBN 10	1487006667
Title	Stilt Jack
Author	John Thompson
Series	List Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
Year published	2019-09-19
Number of pages	80
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.