Short Haul Engine by Karen Solie – Decade’s Best: Ten Best Books of the Aughts
DECADE’S BEST: Ten Best Books of the Aughts - From head-scratching poems to social collapse, the best from the printed page.
In on-line magazine The Mark News, Michael Lista, poet and essayist, chooses Short Haul Engine by Karen Solie (Brick Books, 2001).
“Reconstituting the spectral declamation of Anne Carson, the rough-and-tumble of Al Purdy, and the craftsmanship of Irving Layton at his best, Karen Solie’s debut announced the arrival of a major poet. Having since published two more astounding collections, Solie is well on her way to establishing an oeuvre of inestimable worth. If Babstock is the Whitman of contemporary Canadian poetry, Solie is our Dickinson. Together they are our chief linguistic romance.”
To read the full list, go to http://www.themarknews.com/articles/804-ten-best-books-of-the-aughts
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