Shiftless — A Reading by Janet Fraser

Free of Charge

Join us in the Cox & Palmer Second Space as Canadian Poet Janet Fraser reads from her new collection Shiftless, published by Guernica Editions fall of 2014. Several of the poems are set in Newfoundland and poems in the collection have been published by Riddle Fence, The Antigonish Review, The Toronto Quarterly, The Dalhousie Review, and others. Her first poetry collection, Long Girl Leaning into the Wind, was published by Killick Press and was shortlisted for a Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award (Poetry).

Praise for Shiftless:

“..verse rich with honest feeling and caring discipline.” George Elliott Clarke

“With a painterly hand, Janet Fraser offers deft family portraits of men and women past..the poems themselves delve deep into the core of human relationships” Maureen Hynes

“..these are poems full of longing and regret, a secretive village of black-painted houses with white lace curtains drawn.” Patrick Warner