Singer: An Elegy

by George Fetherling

Singer, An Elegy is a long poem memorializing the author’s father and, equally, the now-obsolete industrial culture that shaped him. Singer, An Elegy has rhetorical lightning flashes but aspires to much greater straightforwardness than Fetherling’s previous poetry.

64 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2004

About the author

Douglas George Fetherling (born January 1, 1949) is a Canadian writer, poet, novelist, biographer, artist, and cultural commentator. One of the most prolific figures in Canadian letters, he has written or edited more than fifty books.
He previously published under the name Douglas Fetherling until 1999, and thereafter under the name George Fetherling, switching to his middle name to honor his father George, after recovering from life-saving surgery for the same medical condition that had killed his father.
One of his most popular works is Travels by Night: A Memoir, which recreates leading personalities and events in the fabled Canadian cultural renaissance of 1965–75.
Fetherling is also a visual artist. He lives in Vancouver.