Riffs

By Dennis Lee

Riffs is the story of a passionate love affair, told in vintage Lee style -- with whoops, deep chords, and headlong improvisational arcs. We hear Bach, Bo Diddley, Bird; the news is heartache and being. Celebratory, catastrophic, the poem tracks ways in which eros and our lives are made mutually accountable.

Riffs is a landmark achievement from the poet of Civil Elegies and The Gods.

Published in 1993, this was Dennis Lee's first book of adult poetry in 14 years.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brick Books
• Release date: Oct 15, 1993
• ISBN: 9781771312448

Dennis Lee

DENNIS LEE is Toronto’s first Poet Laureate, an Officer of the Order of Canada and the author of timeless children’s collections such as Alligator Pie, Garbage Delight, Jelly Belly, Bubblegum Delicious and The Ice Cream Store. He has received many honours for his body of work, including the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature. He is also an acclaimed writer of poetry for adults. His work is anthologized and read around the world.