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George Murray


George Murray’s four books of poetry are Carousel, The Cottage Builder’s Letter, The Hunter, and, most recently, The Rush to Here. His work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines in Canada, and in the U.S. and Australia, including Descant, The Iowa Review, The Globe and Mail, Jacket, Mid-American Review, Nerve, Painted Bride Quarterly, and Slope. He is a contributing editor with Maisonneuve Magazine and editor of Bookninja.com. Raised in rural Ontario, he now lives in St. John’s.

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The Hunter
Written by George Murray

Trade Paperback | 120 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Poetry
978-0-7710-6675-7 (0-7710-6675-9)

March 25, 2003 | $16.99



Breathtaking new poetry by the author of The Cottage Builder’s Letter

In this brilliantly evoked new gathering of poems, George Murray creates a strange and menacing world, pulsating with sensory intensity. These poems don’t just inquire, they demand answers, and go seeking them through the realms of the past, the present, and...


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The Cottage Builder's Letter
Written by George Murray

Trade Paperback | 112 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Poetry
978-0-7710-6672-6 (0-7710-6672-4)

April 17, 2001 | $16.99



With The Cottage Builder’s Letter, gifted poet George Murray comes into his own with a new book of sumptuous lyrical narratives. He constructs his remarkable stories-in-song around challenges in the lives of people claiming their right to exist in a world seemingly set against them. Highly crafted, generous in tone, and...