The Weight of Oranges Miners Pond Skin Divers Poems Prior to her stunning first novel Fugitive Pieces Anne Michaels had already won awards and critical acclaim for two books of poetry The Weight of Oranges which won the Commonwealth Prize for

Prior to her stunning first novel, Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels had already won awards and critical acclaim for two books of poetry The Weight of Oranges 1986 , which won the Commonwealth Prize for the Americas, and Miner s Pond 1991 , which received the Canadian Authors Association Award and was short listed for the Governor General s Award and the Trillium Award AlPrior to her stunning first novel, Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels had already won awards and critical acclaim for two books of poetry The Weight of Oranges 1986 , which won the Commonwealth Prize for the Americas, and Miner s Pond 1991 , which received the Canadian Authors Association Award and was short listed for the Governor General s Award and the Trillium Award Although they were published separately, these two books, along with Skin Divers, a collection of Michaels s newest work, were written as companion volumes.Poems brings all three books together for the first time, creating for American readers a wonderful introduction to Anne Michaels s poetry Meditative and insightful, powerful and heart moving, these are poems that, as Michael Ondaatje has written, go way beyond games or fashion or politics They represent the human being entire.
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Title: Best Read [Anne Michaels] Ä The Weight of Oranges / Miners Pond / Skin Divers: Poems || [Poetry Book] PDF »
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From Canadian Poetry Online Anne Michaels was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1958 She is the author of one novel Fugitive Pieces, which explores the possibility of love and faith alter the Holocaust, with language marked by power, elegance, and integrity Ms Michaels, who has also composed musical scores for the theater, has said when you put a tremendous amount of love into your work, as in any relationship, you can t know you can only hope that what you re offering will in some way be received You shape your love to artistic demands, to the rigors of your genre But still, it s a labor of love, and it s the nature of love that you must give it freely Anne Michaels s two collections of poetry are The Weight of Oranges 1986 , which won the Commonwealth Prize for the Americas, and Miner s Pond 199 l , winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award and shortlisted for the Governor General s Award and the Trillium Award Both collections have recently been released in one paperback volume entitled The Weight of Organges Miner s Pond, published by McClelland Stewart With her first novel, Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Canadian Booksellers Association Author of the Year Award, and won the Trillium Prize, the Chapters Books in Canada First Novel Award, The Beatrice and Martin Fischer Award the main prize in the Jewish Book Awards , and England s prestigious Orange Prize Rights to the novel were sold to over 19 countries And her novel, Fugitive Pieces, was made into a motion picture in 2007 Anne Michaels lives in Toronto In 2007, she published a book of poems, Skin Divers Her latest novel is The Winter Vault, published by McClelland Stewart in 2009.