Calling Home

Richard Sanger's new collection contains voices reporting from a number of far-flung states, both emotional and geographic. The book's true theme, though, is what one calls home, and the idea that home itself can be a calling. Framed by an unusual sequence of four encounters with a loved one who is both different and the same,Calling Homedigs through family history and faraway winters with all the colloquial verve and formal skill that has made Sanger one of the most compellingand enjoyableof Canada's new poets.

Richard Sanger’s poems have appeared in numerous publications, including Descant, Fiddlehead, The London Review of Books, Queen's Quarterly, SouthWest Review, and The Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of the collection Shadow Cabinet and the plays Not Spain and Two Words for Snow, nominated for the Governor General's Award and the Chalmer's Prize, respectively.