Michael Crummey

Lisa Moore

Carmelita McGrath

Mary Dalton

Mark Callanan

Robin McGrath

Agnes Walsh

Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador

Riddle Fence

Marilyn Porter

Barbara Neis

Their Lives and Times brings together in one place a lively mix of perspectives, including previously published work and new research, literary and scholarly work. It will be equally at home in an academic setting or on the bookshelf of any reader interested in the diversity of women's experiences and the ways in which these experiences have been explored in new research and literature.

Women of Newfoundland and Labrador : a Collage

Their Lives and Times

Carmelita McGrath's Escape Velocity — the long awaited follow-up to her Atlantic Poetry Prize-winning collection To the New World — culls overlooked fragments from our domestic lives and ferries them on unpredictable journeys. A conversation with a telemarketer becomes a monologue on overcoming loss, stray animals provoke cautionary tales shared between generations of women, and junk mail fosters a meditation on necessity, debt, and the inevitability of one's passing. From the elegiac, to the playful, to the meditative, McGrath effortlessly shifts from a natural refinement to a near breathless elegance. Well worth the wait, Escape Velocity marks the return of McGrath's receptive intelligence, gathering strength and taking flight.

Escape Velocity

Carmelita McGrath

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