Imagined Truths

Myths from a Draft-Dodging Poet

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Pub Date 15 Aug 2022 | Archive Date 15 Feb 2023

Description

Richard Lemm grew up in 1950s Seattle, moving to Canada in 1967 to avoid the draft. Now, more than fifty years later, he turns his lens inward, focusing on what he believed to be true about his family and society at the time, how that perception has evolved and how the stories we tell ourselves inform our personal, cultural and national identities.

A rewarding mixture of personal recollection and social commentary, this is a story about growing up in a family and country you didn’t choose and coming of age in the country and with the people you did.

Richard Lemm grew up in 1950s Seattle, moving to Canada in 1967 to avoid the draft. Now, more than fifty years later, he turns his lens inward, focusing on what he believed to be true about his...


A Note From the Publisher

Richard Lemm has taught creative writing and literature at the University of Prince Edward Island since 1988. He is the author of six poetry collections, a short fiction collection and a biography, and has served on juries for several prestigious national awards.

Richard Lemm has taught creative writing and literature at the University of Prince Edward Island since 1988. He is the author of six poetry collections, a short fiction collection and a biography...


Advance Praise

Richard Lemm applies a poet’s line-by-line discipline, eye for detail, and ear for language to every sentence in this exceptionally vivid, affecting memoir . . . Imagined Truths is as important politically and historically as it is emotionally and stylistically.

Steven Heighton, Author of Reaching Mithymna and The Waking Comes Late


This book is a meaningful document that chronicles one person’s response to the volatile political and ideological climate in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. . . a wise and illuminating account of an exceptional life shaped by extraordinary times.

Ian Colford, The Miramichi Reader


We all have our mythos, and critically examining them isn’t easy. I wish more settler folks would do it; I think it’s a really important way to understand our true origins, and how so many of our sacred cows are such piles of manure. Doing so helps us better understand not only the past, but also the present, our place in the modern world.

Chris Benjamin, Atlantic Books Today



Richard Lemm applies a poet’s line-by-line discipline, eye for detail, and ear for language to every sentence in this exceptionally vivid, affecting memoir . . . Imagined Truths is as important...


Marketing Plan

  • The author is available for virtual appearances throughout North America
  • The author offers workshops on memoir writing to audiences of all experience levels
  • The author is available for virtual appearances throughout North America
  • The author offers workshops on memoir writing to audiences of all experience levels

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ISBN 9781990160066
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