Pieces of Map, Pieces of Music

by Robert Bringhurst

Dazzling collection of poems, songs and lyric meditations.

Genres: Poetry

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 25, 1986

About the author

Robert Bringhurst is a Canadian poet, typographer and author. He is the author of The Elements of Typographic Style – a reference book of typefaces, glyphs and the visual and geometric arrangement of type. He has also translated works of epic poetry from Haida mythology into English.

He lives on Quadra Island, near Campbell River, British Columbia (approximately 170 km northwest of Vancouver).

Reviews

[Philip Athans · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found the “prose caboose” at the end of the book just as interesting and exploratory as the poems themselves. The collection spoke to me with its fearlessness.