The distinguished poet Lorna Crozier discusses the posthumous collection of Patrick Lane’s poetry, The Quiet in Me (Harbour Publishing, 2022), which she complied and edited, with Joseph Planta.

The Quiet in Me by Patrick Lane (Harbour Publishing, 2022). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Quiet in Me

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Lorna Crozier joins me again. A posthumous collection of Patrick Lane’s poetry has just been published, and Lorna has complied, edited, and introduced the collection: The Quiet In Me. The poems in it are often moving, they’re meditations on existing, and they’re laments for the world around us, the outdoors that Patrick revered and loved. These are poems that Patrick composed in recent years, before his death in March 2019. Patrick appeared three times on this program, and once after an illness, he made mention of having to compose some poetry typing one finger at a time. I’ll ask Lorna about Patrick’s love of poetry, about receiving a folder of poems, ones that ended up in this collection, and the process to which she undertook to edit them without her beloved Patrick around. Lorna Crozier is author of eighteen previous books of poetry, receiving the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry for Inventing the Hawk. Three additional collections were finalists for the same prize. She received the Hubert Evans Award for Creative Nonfiction for her memoir Small Beneath the Sky, which she was on this program with in 2009. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in this province has received the BC Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence, and the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Victoria. Visit www.lornacrozier.ca for more. Whilst Patrick appeared on the program three times, this is Lorna’s fifth appearance. She was last on in 2020, when her remarkable memoir on her life with Patrick was published. Through the Garden: A Love Story (With Cats) is one of the more remarkable books of the decade. Patrick’s collection The Quiet in Me is from Harbour Publishing. We spoke ten days ago. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Lorna Crozier; Professor Crozier, good morning.

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