About the Author
Donna Langevin lives in Toronto and works as an ESL teacher for newcomers to
Canada. Her poems have been published in many Canadian and American
journals, and her first book of poetry, "Improvising in the Dark," came out
in 1999 with watershed Books.
Blurb for Back of
Book
About Donna Langevin's
first book
Improvising in the
Dark
...Langevin
presents compact, assured erotic poems with a driving energy...
All in all, Langevin
is an inspired, funny writer, qualities much needed in Canadian poetry.
- Cheryl Sutherland,
Arc, Winter 2001
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....she
covers everything from the contents of her purse to metaphysical musings
about the life of a dead nun. Her work is accessible and polished.
- Jennifer Footman,
Poemata, September - October, 2001
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Her work is accessible
and polished.
- Jennifer Footman,
Poemata, September - Octorber, 2001
About Donna Langevin’s second book
The Second Language of Birds
There is a sureness here, a confidence, that seduces the reader.
The language flows as naturally as the rivers her mother lived beside
... The main things that make these poems so moving are the highly
developed sense of empathy and ability to invoke the ineffable with the
use of piercing sensual detail.
PAT Jasper, author of The Outlines of Our Warm Bodies and
Background Music
Donna Langevin’s second poetry collection is as lyrical, poignant and
playful as her first ... Quintessentially Canadian nature imagery is
threaded through the book.
Kate Rogers, The Ambassador, 2005
