"Writing the Terrain is the first anthology dedicated solely to the poetry of the Alberta landscape and cityscape, by authors who have travelled the main roads, back roads, and gravel roads of this vast province. This collection offers a series of poetic journeys through Calgary and Edmonton, through the Foothills, the Badlands, the Rockies, the Central Parklands, and the Northern Boreal forests. Following in the Canadian literary tradition of "preoccupation with place," these are poems that demonstrate a response to the landscape and ponder its effect on the body, mind, and spirit."--Jacket.
Contents
Introduction
Writing the province
Writing in Calgary
Writing in southeastern Alberta and Badlands
Writing the Bow Corridor : Calgary to Banff
Writing the mountains : Banff to Jasper
Writing the western parklands
Writing the eastern parklands
Writing Edmonton
Writing northeastern Alberta and the Boreal forests
Writing northwestern Alberta and the Peace River Country
Notes
Partial contents: Writing the Bow Corridor: Calgary to Banff: Tom Henihan, Rajinderpal Pal, Erin Moure, Kim Maltman, Rosalee van Stelten, Robert Hilles, Colin Morton, Ian Adam, Margaret Avison, Gordon Burles, Cyril Dabydeen, Lorne Daniel, Richard Hornsey, William Latta, Sid Marty, Charles Noble, Ruth Roach Pierson, Christopher Wiseman
Partial contents: Writing the mountains: Banff to Jasper: Fiona Lam, Jim Green, Vanna Tessier, Jon Whyte, Carol Ann Sokoloff, Tammy Armstrong, Sid Marty, Douglas Barbour, David McFadden, Doug Beardsley, Tom Wayman