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New Book Review

A Something of Crows?

George Murray (Author)

The Rush to Here. Nightwood Editions

Rachel Zolf (Author)

Human Resources. Coach House Books

Alice Burdick (Author)

Flutter. Mansfield

Neil Aitken (Author)

The Lost Country of Sight. Anhinga Press

Reviewed by Crystal Hurdle

What do these four books of poetry have in common? Date of publication? 2007 and 2008. Publishers? Different. Origins of Author? Burdick and Murray are Maritimers; Zolf lives in Ontario. Born in BC, Aitken resides in California. His The Lost Country of Sight is a first collection; Burdick's, a second; Murray's and Zolf's are third books. Three of the four collections speak of crows, this reviewer's favourite creature. So, what do they h [...]

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