What the Living Won't Let Go - Softcover

While far-reaching in their universal truths, the poems in this extraordinary and moving book come together as a compelling narrative. Some of the poems trace the lives – from conception to death – of two families: Crozier’s own family and that of another, shadow family, trapped in a darker, unrelenting world. While more serious than her earlier collections, it still celebrates the joys of living as only she can do, and reminds us of the transcendent resonance of each breath we take.

Lorna Crozier’s work has garnered numerous awards, including the Governor General’s Award, the Pat Lowther Poetry Award, the Canadian Authors Association Award, and the First Prize for Poetry in the CBC Literary Competition. She has published twelve books of poetry, including The Garden Going On Without Us; Inventing the Hawk; Everything Arrives at the Light; A Saving Grace: The Collected Poems of Mrs. Bentley, a collection inspired by Sinclair Ross’s beloved classic As for Me and My House; What the Living Won’t Let Go, winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize; and, most recently, Apocrypha of Light. Crozier also edited Desire in Seven Voices and, with Patrick Lane, Ad