The Essential Kay Smith Fiction obsessed with both death and

obsessed with both death and Logan

unruffled handling of point of view and the poetic line

two trade poetry collections (Unsettled

Infused with a woman’s perspective

Jay Macpherson’s allusive lyricism and penchant for mythic resonance have made her work central to the development of Canadian poetry from the mid-century and beyond

The Essential Kay Smith Fiction obsessed with both death andLight and shadows clash in The Essential Kay Smith, a collection that demonstrates an early modernist poets attempts to reconcile faith, imagination, reality and being. Over the course of her lengthy career, New Brunswick poet Kay Smith published in some of Canadas finest literary journals. Her work displays a sophisticated fusion of images, metaphors and symbols, forgoing clear connections in favour of fractured grammar, surprising diction and her