The Scratch, Not the Itch

  • George Bowering
    A Way With Words. Oberon Press
  • George Bowering
    West Window: The Selected Poetry of George Bowering. General Publishing
Reviewed by John Orange
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This review “The Scratch, Not the Itch” originally appeared in On Dennis Lee. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 98 (Autumn 1983): 104-106.

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