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more... Apostrophes IV speaking you is holiness Governor-General’s award-winning poet E.D. Blodgett continues his series of meditations on love, living, and loss. This intelligent collection offers more of Blodgett’s lush imagery and deep questioning within the apostrophe form. A lovely offering from one of Canada’s leading writers. Contributor E. D. Blodgett,  Author E.D. Blodgett, F.R.S.C. and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, taught at the University of Alberta for 34 years. Having contributed to a number of journals both here and abroad, he has also written and edited a number of books on aspects of the Canadian Literatures. He has published more than 22 books of poetry. Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano (Ottawa: BuschekBooks, 1996) was given the Governor General’s Award and the Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry. Two collections were awarded the Stephan G. Stephansson Poetry Award by the Writers Guild of Alberta. The University of Alberta Press has published six of his books of poetry: Apostrophes II: through you I, Apostrophes IV: speaking you is holiness, Apostrophes VI: open the grass, An Ark of Koans, Elegy, and Apostrophes VII: Sleep, You, a Tree. He has also published a renga with Jacques Brault, entitled Transfiguration (BuschekBooks and Editions de Noroît, 1998), which was given the Governor General’s Award for Translation. From 2007-2009 he was Edmonton's Poet Laureate. He lives in Surrey, British Columbia and is married with four children and five grandchildren. More titles by this Contributor Apostrophes II 1998 Ark of Koans (An) 2003 Apostrophes VI 2004 Elegy 2005 Apostrophes VII 2011 Dramatic Licence 2012 Dramatic Licence Dramatic Licence Apostrophes VII 2011