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Writing the River: Robbie Coburn reviews Robert Adamson’s Reaching Light

Review by Robbie Coburn I have been considering how it would feel to read Robert Adamson’s work for the first time through this book, remembering the first time I read …

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Wreck (Robbie Coburn)  

Farm Study Nothing much ever happens. a muteness that lies down in darkness cleanly parted before the drive of rain settling behind the mountains the sculpted gums have long been …

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Reaching Light: Selected Poems (Robert Adamson)

On the Poetry of Robert Adamson — Devin Johnston Robert Adamson has always been a restless poet, reinventing himself with each new book. His work abounds with redirections and experiments, …

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Spirit Maps: Cycles of Renewal (Juno Gemes & Robert Adamson)

Juno Gemes: I searched for a printer in photogravure for over twenty years before finding master printer Lothar Ostenberg. The photogravure process, which sees photographs etched into copper and printed …

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