Ashborn

by John Reibetanz

Ashbourn centres on the changing life of a fictional Suffolk village. Its monologues are spoken by characters who live in East Suffolk. Reibetanz has drawn on local records and transcribed oral history to create his poetry. He successfully catches something of the life of a small community as it emerges through the words and histories of its people.

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

John Reibetanz earned a BA in English from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and an MA and a PhD in English language and literature from Princeton University.

He is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Transformations (2006), Mining for Sun (2000), and Ashbourn (1986), as well as the critical study The Lear World (1977). His poetry has been included in several anthologies, such as The Signal Anthology: Contemporary Canadian Poetry (1993) and Aurora: New Canadian Writing (1978).

Reibetanz won first prize in the 2003 Petra Kenney Poetry Competition and was a finalist for a 1995 National Magazine Award. A member of the League of Canadian Poets, he teaches at the University of Toronto and lives in Toronto with his family.

He was elected a Senior Fellow of Massey College in 2010.