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edition:Paperback
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category: Poetry
published: Mar 2004
ISBN:9780887847042
publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc

Night Street Repairs

by A.F. Moritz

tagged: canadian
Description

To read A.F. Moritz is to find out what it means to be alive at this juncture of history. These poems are mansions, both derelict and opulent. Wander in with the mind open and hear what the ages, humanity, and the myth of progress have wrought.

Night Street Repairs contains necessary meditations on time, modernity, and our current situation as a society of appetite flirting with self-destruction. Many voices act as vigilant witness to our urban wastes and wastefulness. Moritz's unmistakable cadences -- magisterial, philosophical, and funny -- mingle among the ancients, the Bible, Leopardi, Montale, and Rilke as he extends his already prestigious and singular poetic project.

About the Author
A.F. Moritz is the author of many books and has lived since 1974 in Toronto, where he works as a writer and as a lecturer at the University of Toronto.
Awards
  • Winner, ReLit Awards - Poetry

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