Poetry. In this innovative and arresting narrative poem, Méira Cook's walker, a young woman, is a character being written by an "old city poet," who is in turn being written by another poet, for whom the young woman, "Ms. Em Cook," has been an amanuensis. Always witty and often hilarious, feather–light in touch, the book is an entertaining exploration of serious issues: youth and age; life, death and rebirth; the (dis)connection of language and reality; tradition and the now. It is an assemblage of seven nesting sections, each of them a sort of chapbook speaking to each of the others and rounding out a long poem of great freshness.

Author City: Winnipeg, MB CAN

Méira Cook is the author of multiple collections of poetry, including Falling (1996) and Slovenly Love (2003), both published by Brick Books. Her third book of poetry from Brick Books, A WALKER IN THE CITY, was published in 2011. The opening poem of this collection won first place in the 2006 CBC Literary Awards, and poems in this series were selected as part of the Poetry in Motion initiative. She has been the Poetry Editor of Prairie Fire Magazine and has taught creative writing classes at the University of Manitoba. Méira Cook lives, writes, and walks in Winnipeg.