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Going Top Shelf
"Going Top Shelf: An Anthology of Canadian Hockey Poetry brings together for the first time in one collection some of Canada's best hockey poems and song lyrics. Included are works by such outstanding Canadian poets as Michael Ondaatje, Al Purdy, Margaret Avison, Don Gutteridge, and Lorna Crozier. And for music lovers with a taste for contemporary Canadian music, this entertaining collection includes lyrics by The Tragically Hip, The Rheostatics, Kathleen Edwards, Stompin' Tom Connors, and others." "Going Top Shelf represents a cross-section of Canada's poets and composers ranging from 19th-century romantic poet Sir Charles G.D. Roberts to contemporary pop songstress Jane Siberry. Altogether, more than 30 authors and songwriters from across Canada reflect an intriguing diversity of forms and literary expression. Yet in all the poems, ice, or the sport played so extensively in Canada...
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