Poetry
Cathedral/Grove
- Publisher
- Véhicule Press, “Signal Editions” series
- Published
- September 21, 2023
- Pages
- 80
- Price
- $19.95
- ISBN
- 9781550656350
- Language
- English
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Cathedral/Grove, Susan Glickman’s brilliant new collection, comes to terms with the question of legacy—what we leave behind as a species, as citizens, and as parents. Marked by the lucidity and precision she has been celebrated for, the poems encompass the monuments of Western civilization, a climate in decline, and the pandemic. The title is inspired by the fire that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in 2019, destroying the wooden roof-frame known as La Forêt; it also alludes to “Cathedral Grove,” otherwise known as MacMillan Provincial Park, one of the last old growth stands on Vancouver Island. In poems of praise and lament for our fractured world—“Everything is becoming more itself / or something else,” she writes—Glickman has tapped into a magnificent vein of lyric richness.
Reviews
Praise for Susan Glickman:
“These lyric poems have an unassuming grace and clarity.”—Barbara Carey, Toronto Star
“Glickman’s striking sensory poems are tightly controlled, even choreographed, with music.”—Crystal Hurdle, Canadian Literature
“Cathedral/Grove seamlessly ponders and elevates the ordinary, using it as an axis through which the transcendent may be considered.” —Tiffany Morris, Room Magazine
“Amidst planetary ruins, and between the sublime and picturesque, Glickman’s words restore domestic and natural order.” —Michael Greenstein, The Seaboard Review
“Glickman’s light touch allows profound metaphysical questions to flourish absent dense philosophical language or inscrutable academic jargon. It’s a democratic approach that is, above all, welcoming to a broad range of readers.” —Steven W. Beattie, That Shakespearean Rag
“Whatever the theme, Glickman seasons her compassion with sharpness. In ‘Her Past,’ the speaker, thinking about her late parents, asks, ‘What do people mean / when they speak of ‘a good death’?’ Such darkness, intelligence, and commitment to language exemplify her mastery—as if we needed more proof.” -Christopher Levenson, Literary Review of Canada
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Also by Susan Glickman
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What We Carry Susan Glickman
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Les Aventures étranges et surprenantes d'Esther Brandeau, moussaillon Susan Glickman, Christiane Duchesne
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The Smooth Yarrow Susan Glickman
From Véhicule Press
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We Drove All Day for This Bruce Taylor
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Qaf’s People Sadiqa de Meijer
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My Summer Vacation Zeenat Nagree
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Cannibal Rats Richard Greene
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Morgan’s Castle Jan Hilliard
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How to Move On Joel Yanofsky
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Private Number David Homel
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Fan Mail Jason Guriel
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The Inferno Dante Alighieri
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Quietly, Loving Everyone Curtis John McRae
