Download or read book Don McKay written by Brian Bartlett and published by Guernica Editions. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing 30 years of Don McKay's achievements, this critique explores one of the most original bodies of work in contemporary English-language poetry. Emphasizing details of ornithology, botany, weather, industry, and the arts, as well as focusing on varied geographic settings, his poetry opens countless doors for analysis. Fourteen contributors examine the complex contradictions of McKay's work, including nuanced description and intricate metaphor, philosophical phrasing and folksy idiom, madcap humor and elegy.