Lattice of the Years is a book of love poems—not only an Epithalamion for a middle-aged marriage, but also love poems to families scattered around the globe and beyond. It records the experience of emigration from Scotland and the symmetry transformations that leave love altered and yet the same. This is Alice Major's second collection.​

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Published by Bayeux Arts Inc

ISBN 1-896209-25-4

 

Experience a poem

Audio: Aubade – performed with Nora Bumanis

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Audio: Safekeeping – performed with Nora Bumanis

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Text Poem – Symmetries of dilation​

 

Recognition

Shortlisted for the City of Edmonton Book Prize.

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Reviews

>> Whether it is the visceral evocation of a childhood picnic in Scotland or the deft description of her father’s bitter-sweet experiences in a senior citizens lodge, Major’s poetry in [Lattice of the Years] always hits its emotional target and reveals an unerring sense of linguistic control. I found myself re-reading Major’s poems again and again, drawn to her haunting imagery.

– Edmonton Journal, April 23, 1999

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