Peter Sanger (born 1943) is a

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and

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writer. Sanger, who is also described as a critic and an editor, was born in

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, and immigrated to Canada in 1953. He was educated at the

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, and

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. He lived and worked in Ontario, British Columbia and Newfoundland before settling in Nova Scotia in 1970 and teaching at the

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, where he became Head of the Humanities and Professor Emeritus. Sanger's first book, ''The America Reel'', was published by Pottersfield Press in 1983. This collection was followed by five poetry collections including ''Earth Moth'' (1991), ''Ironworks'' (2001) and ''Kerf'' (2002). Sanger has published collections of poetry and essays and has edited the works of Canadian poet John Thompson. He has also reviewed work by

Douglas Lochhead Douglas Grant Lochhead (pronounced ''Lock''-heed) FRSC (March 25, 1922 – March 15, 2011) was a Canadian poet, academic librarian, bibliographer and university professor who published more than 30 collections of poetry over five decades, from ...

, Richard Outram,

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, Thompson,

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and

Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Awar ...

.League of Canadian Poets: A Digital History of Canadian Poetry.
Sanger has been the poetry editor for

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literary journal ''The Antigonish Review'' since 1985.

Bibliography

Poetry: *''The America Reel''. Porter's Lake, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1983. *''Earth Moth''. Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane Editions, 1991. *''The Third Hand'', with Thaddeus Holownia. Jolicure, NB: Anchorage Press, 1994. *''Ironworks''. Platinum Prints by Thaddeus Holownia, Poems by Peter Sanger. Sackville, NB: Anchorage Press 1995; trade ed. 2001. *''After Monteverdi''. Sackville, NB: Harrier Editions, 1997. *''Kerf''. Kentville, N.S.: Gaspereau Press, 2002.

*''Arborealis''. With photographs by Thaddeus Holownia. Sackville, N.: Anchorage Press, 2005. *''Aiken Drum''. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press, 2006.

*''John Stokes' Horse''. Kentville, NS.: Gaspereau Press, 2012.

*''Fireship: Early Poems - 1965-1991''. Kentville, NS.: Gaspereau Press, 2013.

Prose: *''Sea Run: Notes on John Thompson's'' Stilt Jack. Antigonish, NS: Xavier Press, 1986. *''As the Eyes of Lyncaeus: A Celebration for Douglas Lochhead.'' Sackville, NB: Anchorage Press, 1990. *''"Her Kindled Shadow ...", An Introduction to the Work of Richard Outram'', The Antigonish Review, 2001. *''Spar: Words in Place''. Kentville, N.S.: Gaspereau Press, 2002.

*''Walden Pond Revisited'', with Thaddeus Holownia. Sackville, NB: Anchorage Press, 2004. *''White Salt Mountain: Words in Time''. Kentville, NS.: Gaspereau Press, 2005.

*''The Stone Canoe: Two Lost Mi'kmaq Texts'' (with Elizabeth Paul & Alan Syliboy). Kentville, N.S.: Gaspereau Press, 2007.

*''Laminae'', with Thaddeus Holownia. Sackville, NB: Anchorage Press, 2007 * ''Through Darkling Air: The Poetry of Richard Outram''. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press, 2010. Literary biography and criticism.

* ''Water'', with Thaddeus Holownia. Sackville, NB: Anchorage Press, 2012. * ''Oikos''. Kentville, N.S.: Gaspereau Press, 2014. Essay.

* ''Of Things Unknown: Critical Essays, 1978–2005''. Kentville, N.S.: Gaspereau Press, 2015. Literary Criticism

* ''Lightfield: The Photography of Thaddeus Holownia''. Kentville, N.S.: Gaspereau Press, 2018. Photography, Essays.

As Editor: *''John Thompson: Collected Poems and Translations''. Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane, 1995. *''Divisions of the Heart: Elizabeth Bishop and the Art of Memory and Place''. Gwendolyn Davies, Sandra Berry, and Peter Sanger, eds. Kentville, N.S.: Gaspereau Press, 2001.

*''Working in the Dark: Homage to John Thompson'', with Thaddeus Holownia. Jolicure, NB: Anchorage Press, 2014.

References

External links

Gaspereau Press

An Interview with Peter Sanger
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