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3 unusual facts about Al Purdy


Doug Beardsley

He has collaborated with numerous other writers including Al Purdy, Theresa Kishkan and Charles Lillard.

Trains of Winnipeg

The short films were scored by Emily Goodden, Christine Fellows, Jason Tait and Steve Bates; additional contributors on the CD included John K. Samson and Leanne Zacharias, as well as an archival recording of Al Purdy.

Tulameen

The name "Tulameen" is praised in the poem, "Say the Names" by Canadian poet Al Purdy.


Intercourse magazine

Among the contributors were such Canadian literary figures as Irving Layton, Al Purdy, Elizabeth Brewster, Leonard Cohen, Hugh Hood, Marty Gervais, John Glassco, Patrick Lane, Robert Hawkes, Silver Donald Cameron, Fred Cogswell, George Bowering and Seymour Mayne.

Susan Musgrave

Musgrave defended Al Purdy's collection of poetry Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems, 1962–1996 in Canada Reads 2006, a nationally broadcast radio "battle of the books" competition.


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