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more... dear Hermes... By turns joyous and adventurous, melancholy and nostalgic, Michelle Smith's debut collection of poems showcases a wide-ranging fascination with places, people, and story. Smith's limpid and humane handling of an array of themes, emotions, and styles—her Norwegian ancestry, her Canadian Prairie heritage, the significance of family, the fragility of memory, world travel, ekphrasis, myth, and more—exemplifies the lyric self on a poetic grand tour, or pilgrimage, to meet the world. Framed by imaginative travelogues addressed to Greek gods, dear Hermes... offers readers an escape and an entrance—out of time and into the poet's luminous experience. Readers who appreciate clear lyric and fleet voicing will relish Smith's poetry. Contributor Michelle Smith,  Author Michelle Smith has a PhD in twentieth-century English Literature from the University of Alberta and is Postdoctoral Research Associate with the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. She has been writing and publishing poetry for over a decade, and was an editor of Other Voices for three years. She lives in Glasgow. dear Hermes... 2012 dear Hermes... 2012 dear Hermes... 2012