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    Granted: Poems of Metaphor
    Granted: Poems of Metaphor
    Granted: Poems of Metaphor
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    Granted: Poems of Metaphor

    By Jeffery Donaldson

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    In Granted, Jeffery Donaldson explores ‘a universe of potential relation’, providing a master class in the art of metaphor by exploring in verse the complexities of identity, perception, and meaning.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherporcupinequill
    Release dateJan 6, 2023
    ISBN9780889844551
    Granted: Poems of Metaphor
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    Jeffery Donaldson

    Jeffery Donaldson is the author of several collections of poetry including Granted: Poems of Metaphor (Fall 2022). Palilalia was nominated for the Canadian Author’s Association Award for Poetry in 2008 and a prose work, Viaticum: From Notebooks, received the Hamilton Arts Council Award for non-fiction in 2021. Donaldson teaches poetry and poetics at McMaster University. He lives in Hamilton.

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