- Paul Vermeersch (Ed.)
- Harbour Publishing, 2009
- Paperback, 157 pages
- 9781550175028
In 1957, Al Purdy and wife Eurithe purchased land onRoblin Lake in Price Edward County. During the next few years they built, by hand, the A-Frame cottage celebrated in this anthology.
A strong case can be made to place Purdy as Canada's greatest poet, and the work which established that reputation was written in the A-Frame nearly two decades after he began publishing. The site has been written, and re-written, by Purdy, and the best of these poems are in this book.
Moreover, the cottage was a site of pilgrimmage for young poets and contemporaries alike from the time it was built until Al's death in 2000; Michael Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood, David McFadden, George Bowering and many, many others visited Al and Eurithe, and here they document their experiences.
The book is raising money to preserve the A-Frame, and to establish a trust to create a retreat for future generations of Canadian writers.
Price: $26.95
