Overview
With contributions from 35 poets, this diverse compilation features the spectrum of Canadian poetry from the last hundred years. Representing various styles and traditions, it explores a lineage of modernist, multilingual, and culturally pluralist perspectives. Writers from the First Nations, the Caribbean-Canadian, and the Africadian—or Black Canadian—communities present an eloquent and cosmopolitan collection that will redefine the connections between Canada and the poetry world at large.Reviews
"Anthologies like Modern Canadian Poets are vital in keeping our beliefs off balance. They are vents for the sense of contingency that oxygenizes every era with doubts. By marshalling an otherwise random bunch of poets and pointing them in a new direction, rebooters Swift and [Jones] have created an imaginary zone of real facts to unpin our shared recognitions." —Quill and Quire (April 2011)Author Biography
Evan Jones is a former professor at the York University in Toronto, at the University of Bolton, and at the Liverpool John Moores University. He is the author of Nothing Fell Today but Rain. Todd Swift is the author of six collections of poetry, including Rue du Regard, Seaway, and Winter Tennis. His poems have also appeared in publications, such as the Best Canadian Poetry 2008, the Globe and Mail and the Guardian. He has also edited pieces for New American Writing and London Magazine.
