Spear-Fishing on the Chatanika: New and Selected Poems First edition

Spear-Fishing on the Chatanika: New and Selected Poems is the culmination of over forty years of writing by the distinguished Alaskan poet, John Morgan. It opens with a gathering of recent work, ranging from poems of family and travel to explorations of landscape, dream and history. Generous selection from Morgan's three previous books, (each of which was chosen for publication in a national competition in the U. S.) follow, and the collection concludes with a moving sequence dealing with his son Ben's near-fatal coma due to encephalitis and the long term consequences of that illness. ""This book is crammed with excellent poems. . . A master of words.""-Fairbanks Daily News-Miner ""A thoughtful and recommended collection."" -The Midwest Book Review