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Afterword, George Fetherling
George Fetherling has been writing and publishing for more
than forty-five years. One of his most popular works is Travels by
Night: A Memoir, which recreates leading personalities and events
in the fabled Canadian cultural renaissance of 1965-75. His most
recent books are The Sylvia Hotel Poems and the novel Walt
Whitman's Secret, both published in 2010. Fetherling is also a
visual artist.
A.F. Moritz has published more than twenty collections of
poetry as well as important works of literary history and numerous
translations of Latin American verse. A leading figure in the
literary life of Canada, he has been the recipient of a Guggenheim
Fellowship and a major award from the American Academy and
Institute of Arts and Letters. Two of his most recent works have
reaffirmed his reputation: Night Street Repairs (2004) received the
ReLit Award and The Sentinel (2008) won both the Bess Hokin Prize
from Poetry magazine and the Griffin Poetry Prize. He teaches at
the University of Toronto.
``[Fetherling's] images are not simply precise and evocative; they are also witty.... Many of his poems tend toward aperçu or epigram. The reader is constantly surprised by an unexpected analogy. Moritz in his erudite and densely allusive introduction...bring[s] out those elements of Fetherling's critical self-examination that underlie his empathy for members of the similarly disillusioned wider community, and makes a good case for recommending Fetherling's poetry to the expanded audience it deserves.'' -- Event (Douglas College), 42.1, 201303
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