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    The Essential John Glassco
    The Essential John Glassco
    The Essential John Glassco
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    The Essential John Glassco

    By John Glassco and Carmine Starnino

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    A collection of the poetic achievements of John Glassco, a Montreal Group poet whose technical giftedness and unimpeachable wordplay brought music and flair to poems characterized by darkness and decay.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherporcupinequill
    Release dateDec 24, 2021
    ISBN9780889844438
    The Essential John Glassco
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    John Glassco

    John Glassco came from an established Montréal family, and lived the better part of his life near the village of Foster in the Eastern Townships of Québec. He was a distinguished poet, novelist, essayist and translator - the Glassco prize for translation was named after him. His works include the widely acclaimed Memoirs of Montparnasse (1970), A Point of Sky (1964), The Fatal Woman (1974) and Selected Poems (1971) for which he won the Governor General's Award.

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