Hunger: The Poetry of Susan Musgrave - Paperback

by Susan Musgrave (Author), Micheline Maylor (Editor)

A collection of poems on love, grief, and aging, from one of Canada's great 21st-century poets

From Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Susan Musgrave, author of more than thirty-five books, comes Hunger, works selected from Musgrave's last four books with an introduction by Micheline Maylor (The Bad Wife, Little Wildheart) and a humorous and thoughtful after-essay by Musgrave herself about the breadth of her literary career. This volume features poems written since the death of Musgrave's husband, the award-winning memorist Stephen Reid, and showcases Musgrave's signature blend of ribaldry, wit, and the big questions about life, love, rebellion, and aging. A visceral and hearty collection of poems, and an examination of the feminine principle in the first two decades of the 21st century, this selected volume is a tribute to Musgrave's long career and literary wisdom.

Author Biography

Susan Musgrave has published more than 30 books and received awards
in six categories -- poetry, novels, non-fiction, food writing, editing and
books for children. She lives on Haida Gwaii where she owns and manages Copper
Beech House. Her most recent book is Exculpatory Lilies, which was
a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Governor General's Award for
Poetry, 2023.

Micheline Maylor is a Poet Laureate Emerita of Calgary (2016-18). She
was awarded the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Award for literary contributions to
Alberta in 2022. Her most recent book The Bad Wife (2021) won
the BPAA Robert Kroetsch Award for best book of Alberta poetry. She won the
Lois Hole Award for Editorial excellence for poetry in Alberta (2019).