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Jan Zwicky

Born

in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

May 10, 1955

Genre

Poetry, Philosophy

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Jan Zwicky’s books of poetry include Songs for Relinquishing the Earth, which won the Governor General’s Award, Robinson’s Crossing, which won the Dorothy Livesay Prize, and, most recently Forge, which was short-listed for the Griffin Prize. Her books of philosophy include Wisdom & Metaphor, Lyric Philosophy, and Alkibiades’ Love (forthcoming 2015).

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Average rating: 4.15 · 1,017 ratings · 144 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	Songs for Relinquishing the Earth 4.35 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wisdom & Metaphor 4.35 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forge 4.24 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thirty-seven Small Songs & Thirteen Silences 4.32 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robinson's Crossing 4.33 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wittgenstein Elegies 4.51 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Experience of Meaning 4.76 avg rating — 33 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Frog 3.83 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Walk (Oskana Poetry and Poetics, 2) 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chamber Music: The Poetry of Jan Zwicky by Jan Zwicky, Darren Bifford (Editor), Warren Heiti (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Love, I'm pretty sure, is light.”
― Jan Zwicky, Songs for Relinquishing the Earth

tags: light, love

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“Art is not merely a decorative enhancement of our lives, but a sign of our desire to live in the world fully and honestly.”
― Jan Zwicky

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“Even the rain in its night singing, / the night rain in its forgetting, / is a kind of light.”
― Jan Zwicky, Thirty-seven Small Songs & Thirteen Silences

tags: light

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