The Ridge

Robert Bringhurst

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Harbour Publishing
10 January 2024

Poetry

A new collection from one of Canada's finest contemporary poets.

In The Ridge, Robert Bringhurst offers a work of nonfiction in poetic form, intensely focused on the ecological past, present and future of the West Coast of Canada.

At the book's heart is a long poem, ""The Ridge,"" in which Bringhurst makes meticulous use of scientific language and, with a poet's perspective and precision, translates abstract concepts into tangible and devastating imagery. Global energy consumption is measured in cords of wood instead of BTUs or megawatts; subatomic particles demarcating time and space are prayer flags tearing free in the slow destruction of the solar system. In dazzling prose that weaves together the physical and the metaphysical, Bringhurst shifts his attention from tiny spores to fish farms, the spirit world, telescopes and epistemology.

Beautiful, profound and insightful, The Ridge reflects the author's reputation as one of Canada's most esteemed poets.

By: Robert Bringhurst
Imprint: Harbour Publishing
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 9mm
ISBN: 9781990776250
ISBN 10: 1990776256
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 10 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Bringhurst, winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence and former Guggenheim Fellow in poetry, trained initially in the sciences at MIT but has made his career in the humanities. He is also an officer of the Order of Canada and the recipient of two honorary doctorates. He lives on Quadra Island, BC.

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The Ridge

Robert Bringhurst

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