Product Description
Winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Award. In st. mary at main, Patrick Friesen’s lyrical toughness works beautifully to evoke the city of "ghost and muscle" and "frost and fire" that is Winnipeg. Written with clarity, insight, and deep compassion, these new poems are acutely tuned to "how the streets are wired" in a city where the omnipresent wind haunts every corner and the music of the people seems to spill from every doorway.
About the Author
Patrick Friesen is the author of Blasphemer’s Wheel, winner of the Manitoba Book of the Year Award and runner–up for the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award. A Broken Bowl was short–listed for the Governor General’s Award. His most recent work st. mary at main was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. He has also written for stage, radio, TV and film. He lives in Vancouver where he teaches writing at Kwantlen University College.
