Very big news for Canadian literature.
My buddy Zak wrote a beautiful piece on Anne Carson a few years back (she even answered a few of his questions!):
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
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Tender and ironic, gorgeous and sensationally weird — considering Toronto poet Anne Carson’s best-known work as it turns 25
“Autobiography of Red” is a mesmerizing opening gambit to the poet’s astonishing body of work.
@nytimes.comBreaking News: The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson. nyti.ms/4yCUebH
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Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.