Darryl Whetter
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There is no history of poetry without love poetry, and there is no history of media without pornography. After his first collection of poems received a starred review from Quill & Quire, Darryl Whetter turned his attention from evolution in the natural world to the co-evolution of love, sex and media. Urging readers to "fill the tiny / unmade bed of the search box," these alluring poems build on radically changing communication technologies to explore...
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Andrew Day embarks on a bicycle trip from Halifax to Kingston, his childhood home. As he goes, the dual narratives of Andrew's life emerge: the slow, painful death of his father and the disappearance of Betty, who may be lost to him forever. He contemplates, too, the nature of desire. En route, Andrew sloughs off his fears, material goods, and attachments. In episodes of intensifying violence, he leaves the highway and rides the back roads under the...
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Travel is inseparable from storytelling; yet travel, these pressing poems worry, may contribute more to the climate-crisis problem than it solves. Inspired by the Canadian author's recent travels through Southeast Asia and Down Under, these wry, loving, witty poems offer one journey after another.