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A Generous Latitude
Poems
by Lenea Grace
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
Apr 17 2018
| Archive Date
Jan 10 2018
Description
Lenea Grace's debut collection maps a series of relationships within a greater exploration of Canadiana, barreling through shield and crag, river and slag. A Generous Latitude is not afraid of beer, bears, internal rhyme, David Hasselhoff, sediment, or sentiment. It does, however, eschew sliding down lampposts, CBC sitcoms, McGarrigles, and the sentimental. Taking humor in the human condition, A Generous Latitude toys with juxtapositions of the serious with the silly, the irreverent with more somber realities. Music both teases and generates the poems within the collection. Here, Guy Lafleur's hockey-disco hybrid album is on par with the Righteous Brothers and Fleetwood Mac. Here, "I'm not smoking and it's not analog, / but at 2 a.m., it is always 1979." A Generous Latitude takes a wild, peculiar joy in supplanting the expected with rich imagery that lights the mundane and "strips the Atlantic bare."
Lenea Grace's debut collection maps a series of relationships within a greater exploration of Canadiana, barreling through shield and crag, river and slag. A Generous Latitude is not afraid of beer...
Description
Lenea Grace's debut collection maps a series of relationships within a greater exploration of Canadiana, barreling through shield and crag, river and slag. A Generous Latitude is not afraid of beer, bears, internal rhyme, David Hasselhoff, sediment, or sentiment. It does, however, eschew sliding down lampposts, CBC sitcoms, McGarrigles, and the sentimental. Taking humor in the human condition, A Generous Latitude toys with juxtapositions of the serious with the silly, the irreverent with more somber realities. Music both teases and generates the poems within the collection. Here, Guy Lafleur's hockey-disco hybrid album is on par with the Righteous Brothers and Fleetwood Mac. Here, "I'm not smoking and it's not analog, / but at 2 a.m., it is always 1979." A Generous Latitude takes a wild, peculiar joy in supplanting the expected with rich imagery that lights the mundane and "strips the Atlantic bare."
A Note From the Publisher
Lenea Grace’s work has appeared in Best New Poets, The Fiddlehead, Washington Square Review, CV2, Riddle Fence, Grain, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of McGill University, University of Maine at Presque Isle, and The New School. Lenea is a founding editor of The Mackinac poetry magazine. She grew up in Texas and Oklahoma, spending her summers at Long Lake and John Island in northern Ontario. She lives in Gibsons, British Columbia.
Lenea Grace’s work has appeared in Best New Poets, The Fiddlehead, Washington Square Review, CV2, Riddle Fence, Grain, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of McGill University, University of Maine at...
A Note From the Publisher
Lenea Grace’s work has appeared in Best New Poets, The Fiddlehead, Washington Square Review, CV2, Riddle Fence, Grain, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of McGill University, University of Maine at Presque Isle, and The New School. Lenea is a founding editor of The Mackinac poetry magazine. She grew up in Texas and Oklahoma, spending her summers at Long Lake and John Island in northern Ontario. She lives in Gibsons, British Columbia.
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9781770414211 |
| PRICE |
$18.95 (USD)
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| PAGES |
100
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Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9781770414211 |
| PRICE |
$18.95 (USD)
|
| PAGES |
100
|
Average rating from 8 members
Featured Reviews
Librarian 299542
I love books where someone explores an aspect of their identity. In this book Grace explores the land where she was born.
Andrea C, Librarian
This book is a fun, honest, serious, satirical book of Canadian poetry. There are so many things about these poems that are quintessentially Canadian, both that I understood, and that I didn't because it was not my past. The poems were both quick to get to and understand, but also had deeper meaning to them. I enjoyed most of the poems and felt like it was an interesting compilation.
KayCee W, Media/Journalist
A Generous Latitude is filled with strong imagery of relationships and overall life. I had fun reading her writing, there was such retro feel. Grace is from Canada, and I really enjoyed how that played into the poetry. But for me, my favorite part is how pop-cultural plays into these poems. Like ever poetry book, there are some poems I wasn't crazy about but there are many gems in this book. I've bookmarked a few lines that I like. I've found Lenea Grace poetry a good, playful read.
Featured Reviews
Librarian 299542
I love books where someone explores an aspect of their identity. In this book Grace explores the land where she was born.
Andrea C, Librarian
This book is a fun, honest, serious, satirical book of Canadian poetry. There are so many things about these poems that are quintessentially Canadian, both that I understood, and that I didn't because it was not my past. The poems were both quick to get to and understand, but also had deeper meaning to them. I enjoyed most of the poems and felt like it was an interesting compilation.
KayCee W, Media/Journalist
A Generous Latitude is filled with strong imagery of relationships and overall life. I had fun reading her writing, there was such retro feel. Grace is from Canada, and I really enjoyed how that played into the poetry. But for me, my favorite part is how pop-cultural plays into these poems. Like ever poetry book, there are some poems I wasn't crazy about but there are many gems in this book. I've bookmarked a few lines that I like. I've found Lenea Grace poetry a good, playful read.
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