In Loving Riddles

Joseph Howard Sherman

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In Loving Riddles

Selected Poems of Joseph Sherman

  Author:   Joseph Howard Sherman    
  Editor :   Brian Bartlett  
  Publisher:  Acorn Press

Joseph Sherman was a poet of great verbal vigour and wide-ranging empathy. Rooted in his Jewish heritage and his Maritime roots, his poems offer unforgettable images of family life, natural settings and moments in history. They include both fine-tuned miniatures and expansive, multi-part poems. His diction ranges from common speech to rarely encountered language. The time is ripe for Sherman’s majestic accomplishment in poetry to reach new readers.
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ISBN associated with this title: 9781773661728
Item AC0241
PublisherAcorn Press
PublisherAcorn Press
Published on September 15 2024
Language eng
Pages 114
Format Paperback
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Shipping weight149(g)
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Joseph Howard Sherman

Joseph Howard Sherman was a Jewish Canadian poet and visual arts editor. He was the author of nine books of poetry including Beautiful Veins, published by Acorn Press. He was born in Bridgewater, NS in 1945 and lived in Charlottetown where he is survived by his wife Ann Sherman. He was named to the Order of Canada in 2003.
Brian Bartlett

Brian Bartlett has published sixteen collections and chapbooks of poems, along with three volumes of nature writing and a gathering of prose on poetry. He edited selections by Maritimers Dorothy Roberts, William Bauer and Robert Gibbs, and Alden Nowlan's Collected Poems. Bartlett grew up in New Brunswick, where his friendship with Joseph Sherman began over half a century ago and since 1990 he has lived in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. His most recent collection is The Astonishing Room.



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