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What Fox Knew

With poems that both calm and awaken, Mary Barnes brings her Ojibwe roots to the fore and elegantly coaxes out the seemingly quiet world we often take for granted in What Fox Knew. In this masterful first collection, Barnes reveals this world anew, with tempered grace.

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Mary Barnes

MARY BARNES is of Ojibwa descent. She is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and a winner of the Tom York Award for short fiction. She has written book reviews for The Antigonish Review and currently writes for Prairiefire. Her poetry has appeared in literary journals such as the Prairie Journal, Tower Poetry Society, and Voicings. Inspirations for her writing come from the landscape of her youth and everyday encounters. Her first collection of poetry What Fox Knew was released 2019 by At Bay Press and received two award nominations; The League of Canadian Poets Pat Lowther Award and the Manuela Dias Award. Born in Parry Sound, she now lives in Wasaga Beach with her husband Bob and writes, gardens, and talks to the birds.
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 Come to the River – Long Time Ago – Some Things Are Remembered – In That Place – In the Yellow Afternoon – If You Stood on the Hill – Expectations – Girl … 20 $2.00

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 Brown – not on the agenda – Kevin 1 – Kevin 2 – Territory – Nottawasaga Bay Morning – The Ancestors are Speaking – Regeneration – Nightfall – … 20 $2.00

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 Magic – In Bleak Mid-Winter – April – Fair Wind – The Comforter – It’s the Little Things – See – Gathering – The Hat – Lighthouse … 20 $2.00

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 Chord – Upset – Testament – Country Food – On An April Morning – Stain – Windstorm – Reflection – Tracking the Mystery – The Cherry Tree … 20 $2.00

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 Remembering Ottawa, October 22, 2014 – Widow – Nottawasaga Notes – Let Us Sleep – The Awakening – What a Collection – Train’s Coming Through – … 20 $2.00

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 Hope – Bert Says, or, The First Time – Squall Variation – February Afternoon – The Word – Rain – Quest – Riddle – Lumber – Lochranza Stones … 18 $1.80