Credo by Carmine Starnino McGill-Queen's 52 pages $16.95 paper ISBN: 0773519076
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Out with Purdysim! Let the new poets sing! by Derek Webster
AlPurdy was a mediocre poet, but his influence is seen in so many poets that his importance to our national literature is undeniable: whatever has happened so far, Purdy has been a part of it. I wish I had known Al Purdy, because he was, by every account, an incredible man. Still, part of me is not sad, for meeting him would certainly have made that much harder the task of distinguishing the man from his work. Read more...
