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A
breakthrough addition to Canadas regional literary renaissance,
Down In The Valley is a sparkling collection of contemporary writing
from B.C.s fastest growing region, the magnificent Fraser Valley.
As these writers reveal, the valleys traditional agricultural, logging
and fishing ways of life are under siege from Vancouvers urban sprawl.
These are poems and prose freighted with unexpected power and humility
that celebrate new ways to sing the valleys old songs and stories,
renewing them for the changing generational mosaic of our times. At their
core are passions, ethnicities, rural imagery, and emotions that arise
from a deep understanding of the interrelatedness of things: of the mystery
of good soil, the importance of weather patterns, about livestock, landforms,
and from the plants and wildlife of this place. An homage to the heart
of the valley community and to the old sacredness of this place shaped
by the mightiest salmon river in the world, Down In The Valley
is edited by Trevor Carolan and includes work by Marion Quedau, Andreas
Schroeder, Crispin Elsted, as well new and veteran writers from the valleys
Indo-Canadian, Mennonite, aboriginal, and traditional communities.
Trevor Carolan is
the author of a book of poetry, Celtic Highway, a travel novel,
The Pillow Book of Dr. Jazz and Giving Up Poetry: With Allen
Ginsberg At Hollyhock, a memoir of his acquaintance with the beloved
late poet. He is a frequent contributor to The Bloomsbury Review
and Shambhala Sun magazine. He is married with two children and
lives in North Vancouver. |
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