After Exile

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Exile Editions, Ltd., 2003 - Poetry - 231 pages
This first reprint of Knister’s verse in more than 20 years represents a major step forward, collecting dozens of poems for the first time in book form and printing 30 additional poems, as well as numerous letters and prose pieces.
 

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Contents

Cedars
5
Feed
11
The Colt
17
Enemies
23
The Life in Letters
29
A Face in a Motor
32
Sumach
39
White Cat
45
SeaBlue Eyes
82
A Row of Stalls
84
Nance
90
Autumn Clouds
96
Letter from A J M Smith
102
Morley Callaghan on Raymond Knister
120
Poems Stories and Essays
126
Windfalls for Cider 1983
133

Bees
51
Possession
58
vii
68
Windfalls for Cider 1925
72
Snowfall
139
SpringFlooded Ditches
145
An Old Wooden Windmill
151
Copyright

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After Exile: A Raymond Knister Poetry Reader
Raymond Knister
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About the author (2003)

Raymond Knister was born May 27, 1899 in Ruscom, Ontario. He attended University of Toronto and Iowa State University. In addition to poetry, he also wrote short stories and novels. White Narcissus, his first novel was published in 1929. His novel, My Star Predominant, a volume of short stories he edited and a collection of his poetry were all published posthumously. He drowned in Lake St. Clair, Ontario on August 29, 1932.

Bibliographic information

TitleAfter Exile
AuthorRaymond Knister
PublisherExile Editions, Ltd., 2003
ISBN1550965751, 9781550965759
Length231 pages
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