The Ventriloquist: Poetic Narratives from the Womb of War

by Gary Geddes

Book Overview

The Ventriloquist gives us four fearless and seminal works by one of Canada's master poets and is a scathing indictment of war and its ravages. It's also a testament to the power of poetic narrative.

Gary Geddes is known for his first-person narrative poems and "seamless impersonations." He sometimes speaks of his poetry as rescue work, a term he attributes to Joseph Conrad, which involves "gathering the vanishing fragments of memory and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772442402
• ISBN13: 9781772442403
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Rock's Mills Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"