Words Out There: Women Poets in Atlantic Canada

Edward L. Edmonds is a professor of education at the University of
Prince Edward Island and an honorary chief of the Mi’kmaq of Prince
Edward Island.

The 23 women poets represented in this nicely conceived and carefully
compiled book have been judiciously chosen. The poems themselves display
a strong sense of place, as well as a broad range of interests,
sensibilities, points of view, and poetic techniques. Transcripts of
interviews conducted by the editor give the reader a sense of the person
behind the writing. This highly readable, accessible, and instructive
book would be particularly useful in courses dealing with contemporary
writing in Atlantic Canada.