Launch of Dancing, with Mirrors (The Porcupine's Quill).
More than twenty years in the making, Dancing, with Mirrors is George Amabile’s ‘lyrical retrospective’, a thoughtful fragmentation and re-arrangement of his personal history. These eleven ‘cantos’ tumble into and over each other in a rush of passion, memory, devastation, and quiet moments that promise renewal; here, Amabile’s talent for sounding the complex depths of everyday life shines like a beacon.
George Amabile has published his poetry, fiction and non-fiction worldwide in over a hundred anthologies, magazines, journals and periodicals. He was Writer in Residence at University of British Columbia for 1969-70, co-founder and editor of The Far Point, founder and editor of Northern Light, has edited a dozen titles for Nuage Editions, Signature Editions, Penguin and has published eight books. He has received many accolades and awards, including the CAA National Prize for literature, and first prize in the Sidney Booktown International Poetry Contest in February, 2000. He was the subject of a special issue of Prairie Fire in May of 2000, and has served as Writer in Residence at the Winnipeg Public library.
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