Frontenac House is launching their annual poetry Quartet in Toronto on September 22 at Revival Bar on College.
Guest editor Richard Harrison dubbed this year’s Quartet 2011 selection, “four passions: love, belonging, answers, and hope.” The titles include Forgetting the Holocaust by Ron Charach, Narcissus Unfolding by Jim Nason, Yes by Rosemary Griebel and Love in a Handful of Dust by Kirk Ramdath. Ron Charach and Jim Nason live in Toronto, ON, while Rosemary Griebel and Kirk Ramdath live in Calgary, AB.
According to Harrison, despite the fact that their topics range from the intimately personal to the globally historic, the books in Quartet 2011 are all about affliction and joy, what we suffer and what raises us up: passions writing themselves through the love of the poem.
Frontenac House has recently merged with rapidBOOKS to form Frontenac House Media. New owner Manoj Khanna and publisher Lyn Cadence will host this year's Quartet event in Toronto and will be on hand to answer questions about new directions for the company.
Thursday, September 22
7 pm
Revival Bar
787 College Street
Toronto, ON
Forgetting the Holocaust by Ron Charach
Ron Charach’s poems in his 10th book reflect on a life of accomplishment, sometimes with broad comedy, always with great confessional power, on what it means to be a good Jew, a good therapist, a good son and, dare one say it, a good man.
“a poet with a storyteller’s gift for characterization and anecdote…. stylistically varied yet consistent in its devotion to humanism and in its moral objective” — Kenneth Sherman
978-1-897181-46-1 $15.95
Love in a Handful of Dust by Kirk Ramdath
Kirk Ramdath’s first book is a poetic manifesto of love. Full of eroticism, these poems journey under the Caribbean sun and dwell in the shadow of Alberta's Rocky Mountains, searching for the meaning of love in a maddening, technology-driven world.
“Ramdath's poetry doesn't posit a better world, it demands it. Ramdath's dust is an incendiary device in mid-ballet.” — Bob Holman
978-1-897181-47-8 $15.95
Narcissus Unfolding by Jim Nason
Inspires its readers to re-examine how they are loved in a world that’s often disappointingly real. Yet, once accepted, real, flawed, failing love is seen in all its unfolded glory – and embraced.
“Poems of presence in a troubling world, engagement with others, a special brilliance in capturing nature in the city and in the country, and the unsparing focus of an accomplished poet.” — Maureen Hynes
978-1-897181-48-5 $15.95
Yes by Rosemary Griebel
This long-awaited first collection from acclaimed poet Rosemary Griebel, looks at the transformative power of words through love and loss, an affirmation of the importance of curiosity, passion and vision.
“The poems here are marvelous, They are prayers we speak to our ‘crouched hearts.’ They ask us to ‘get into sorrow's truck and ride.’
A delight to read, this book is the work of a truly gifted poet to be grateful for.” — Patrick Lane
978-1-897181-49-2 $15.95
ABOUT FRONTENAC HOUSE MEDIA
In a recent move, Calgary-based literary press Frontenac House founded by Rose and David Scollard merged with rapidBOOKS, a tech startup company that publishes open source software books and produces ebooks and apps for traditional publishers. The combined company will continue to publish poetry, aviation history, political satire and fine art books as well as technology and management titles. New areas of publication will include children's books and fiction. The Frontenac Quartet series of four poetry titles published annually has been acclaimed as “one of CanLit’s most interesting ongoing projects” (Alberta Views, June 2009).
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All four poets are available for readings and interviews. For further information, contact Lyn Cadence at lyn@cadencepr.ca or 403.465.2345.
Guest editor Richard Harrison dubbed this year’s Quartet 2011 selection, “four passions: love, belonging, answers, and hope.” The titles include Forgetting the Holocaust by Ron Charach, Narcissus Unfolding by Jim Nason, Yes by Rosemary Griebel and Love in a Handful of Dust by Kirk Ramdath. Ron Charach and Jim Nason live in Toronto, ON, while Rosemary Griebel and Kirk Ramdath live in Calgary, AB.
According to Harrison, despite the fact that their topics range from the intimately personal to the globally historic, the books in Quartet 2011 are all about affliction and joy, what we suffer and what raises us up: passions writing themselves through the love of the poem.
Frontenac House has recently merged with rapidBOOKS to form Frontenac House Media. New owner Manoj Khanna and publisher Lyn Cadence will host this year's Quartet event in Toronto and will be on hand to answer questions about new directions for the company.
Thursday, September 22
7 pm
Revival Bar
787 College Street
Toronto, ON
Forgetting the Holocaust by Ron Charach
Ron Charach’s poems in his 10th book reflect on a life of accomplishment, sometimes with broad comedy, always with great confessional power, on what it means to be a good Jew, a good therapist, a good son and, dare one say it, a good man.
“a poet with a storyteller’s gift for characterization and anecdote…. stylistically varied yet consistent in its devotion to humanism and in its moral objective” — Kenneth Sherman
978-1-897181-46-1 $15.95
Love in a Handful of Dust by Kirk Ramdath
Kirk Ramdath’s first book is a poetic manifesto of love. Full of eroticism, these poems journey under the Caribbean sun and dwell in the shadow of Alberta's Rocky Mountains, searching for the meaning of love in a maddening, technology-driven world.
“Ramdath's poetry doesn't posit a better world, it demands it. Ramdath's dust is an incendiary device in mid-ballet.” — Bob Holman
978-1-897181-47-8 $15.95
Narcissus Unfolding by Jim Nason
Inspires its readers to re-examine how they are loved in a world that’s often disappointingly real. Yet, once accepted, real, flawed, failing love is seen in all its unfolded glory – and embraced.
“Poems of presence in a troubling world, engagement with others, a special brilliance in capturing nature in the city and in the country, and the unsparing focus of an accomplished poet.” — Maureen Hynes
978-1-897181-48-5 $15.95
Yes by Rosemary Griebel
This long-awaited first collection from acclaimed poet Rosemary Griebel, looks at the transformative power of words through love and loss, an affirmation of the importance of curiosity, passion and vision.
“The poems here are marvelous, They are prayers we speak to our ‘crouched hearts.’ They ask us to ‘get into sorrow's truck and ride.’
A delight to read, this book is the work of a truly gifted poet to be grateful for.” — Patrick Lane
978-1-897181-49-2 $15.95
ABOUT FRONTENAC HOUSE MEDIA
In a recent move, Calgary-based literary press Frontenac House founded by Rose and David Scollard merged with rapidBOOKS, a tech startup company that publishes open source software books and produces ebooks and apps for traditional publishers. The combined company will continue to publish poetry, aviation history, political satire and fine art books as well as technology and management titles. New areas of publication will include children's books and fiction. The Frontenac Quartet series of four poetry titles published annually has been acclaimed as “one of CanLit’s most interesting ongoing projects” (Alberta Views, June 2009).
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All four poets are available for readings and interviews. For further information, contact Lyn Cadence at lyn@cadencepr.ca or 403.465.2345.