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The Stunted Strong is a new edition of the first book published by Fiddlehead Poetry Books, the company that became Goose Lane Editions. Fred Cogswell, its author, was also the company''s founder.

The Stunted Strong is a sixteen-sonnet chapbook. The first and last poems create a context for the fourteen inner sonnets, each of which is a vivid sketch of an inhabitant of a rural community in the St. John River valley. The sequence portrays country people confined by frustration, obsession, and small victories, and it expresses in their characters the illimitable dreams and thwarting limitations of the human condition.

The publication of the second edition of The Stunted Strong marks Goose Lane''s 50th anniversary and commemorates Fred Cogswell''s lifelong devotion to poetry. The text is introduced by Robert Gibbs, Cogswell''s friend, colleague, and fellow poet. Designed and printed by Gaspereau Press, the new edition of The Stunted Strong is a work of art in its own right.

The Stunted Strong

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      Publisher Goose Lane Editions
      Published 4 January 2005
      ISBN-13 9780864924209
      978-0864924209
      ISBN-10 864924208
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Stunted Strong is a new edition of the first book published by Fiddlehead Poetry Books, the company that became Goose Lane Editions. Fred Cogswell, its author, was also the company''s founder.

      The Stunted Strong is a sixteen-sonnet chapbook. The first and last poems create a context for the fourteen inner sonnets, each of which is a vivid sketch of an inhabitant of a rural community in the St. John River valley. The sequence portrays country people confined by frustration, obsession, and small victories, and it expresses in their characters the illimitable dreams and thwarting limitations of the human condition.

      The publication of the second edition of The Stunted Strong marks Goose Lane''s 50th anniversary and commemorates Fred Cogswell''s lifelong devotion to poetry. The text is introduced by Robert Gibbs, Cogswell''s friend, colleague, and fellow poet. Designed and printed by Gaspereau Press, the new edition of The Stunted Strong is a work of art in its own right.

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