Escape Velocity

By Carmelita McGrath

Winner, E.J. Pratt Poetry Award
Shortlisted, BMO Winterset Award

Carmelita McGrath's Escape Velocity -- the long awaited follow-up to her Atlantic Poetry Prize-winning collection To the New World -- culls overlooked fragments from our domestic lives and ferries them on unpredictable journeys. A conversation with a telemarketer becomes a monologue on overcoming loss, stray animals provoke cautionary tales shared between generations of women, and junk mail fosters a meditation on necessity, debt, and the inevitability of one's passing. From the elegiac, to the playful, to the meditative, McGrath effortlessly shifts from a natural refinement to a near breathless elegance. Well worth the wait, Escape Velocity marks the return of McGrath's receptive intelligence, gathering strength and taking flight.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0864929064
• ISBN13: 9780864929068
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 7.9"