April 2007
120 pages | ISBN 1-89498716-0
$17.00
**Winner of the Toronto Book Award**
Like a sculptor finding the image trapped within the stone he carves, Glen Downie shapes shards of history and humanity into arresting poetry in his newest collection Loyalty Management. Moving from the streets of Toronto, to the joys of fatherhood, to Chile’s “serrated edge”; Downie’s polished poems reveal hard truths as well as moments of tenderness and wonder, with his abilities bounded only by the fragment of humanity to which he has turned his poet’s pen. This is a formidable collection from an established Toronto poet.
Reviews
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Toronto Book Awards: Glen Downie (Ellen Lewkowicz, Toronto Public Library, 11/14/2008). “Each word and phrase is chosen with care, with wit and to great effect. In a world where everything is point and click, Downie makes you sit and contemplate.”
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Medic Poetics (Shane Neilson, Arc Poetry Magazine 60: The Dog-eared Issue, 5/21/2008). “… the fidelity of the telling is such that we can trust Downie to poetically forge these bonds, and sometimes break them, in lines that are spare and breath-aware”
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Deft purpose shines behind dour cover (Barbara Carey, The Toronto Star, 9/16/2007). "... hope lies in cherishing small moments and individuality, not in surrendering control of our lives to big business and big government."
Other Titles by Glen Downie
Awards
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Toronto One Book (2009)
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Toronto Book Award (2008)
