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Like the other arts, poetry has no “use” at all, strictly speaking, yet it is essential to existence on this planet.

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A new look at poet John Thompson

by Anna Quon

John Thompson Collected Poems & Translations
Peter Sanger
$24.95, paperback, 296 pp
Goose Lane Editions, November 1995

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#1 HOLIDAY BESTSELLERS!
This week, we counted down the November top 5 from Indigo, Chapters and Coles in each Atlantic province. Here are the #1 top local sellers (and they make great gift ideas!)

NB: Shadow Of Doubt, Revised and Expanded Edition, by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon (Goose Lane Editions)
NL: Man and Dog by Justin Barbour (Flanker Press Ltd.)
NS: You Might STILL Be From Nova Scotia If... by Michael de Adder (MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.)
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Finding his way to the start of a new book has become a familiar route for the award-winning Newfoundland author Michael Crummey. First, there is the avoidance, a glorious, elastic period that stretches for months and sometimes even years. It involves high productivity with activities such as baking...

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