The late sun falls slowly into the afternoon of your eyes, and there it pauses as one might pause to take a breath --from "Lost" Nothing Is But You and I, the breathtaking final volume in the Apostrophes series, reveals poet E.D. Blodgett at his most accomplished. Lyrical grace meets exquisite technique as Blodgett fathoms intimacy, knowledge, and being. The poems allow us to listen to one side of an intimate conversation; yet despite this inward focus, the speaker looks up and out at a larger world, inviting us into contemplations of loss, time, memory, and the ineffable other.
E.D. Blodgett (1935-2018) published numerous books of poetry as well as diverse criticism and literary translations. He was Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta. He won the Governor General's Award twice, for poetry and translation. From 2007 to 2009 he was Edmonton's Poet Laureate.
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"E.D. Blodgett's final book Nothing Is But You and I completes his life long poem Apostrophes with a rumination on life, fragility, and time....[T]he poems formally reflect on time and duration, death and whatever comes next as our human matter unravels." [Full review at https://canlit.ca/article/something-attentive/] -- Ryan Fitzpatrick, Canadian Literature -- 20200117
Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry
Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta (2020) - Short-listed [Canada]