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The poem was first presented as a public poetry reading at a New Year's Eve party in 1898. It was soon published in the San Francisco Examiner in January 1899 after its editor heard it at the same party. [2] The poem was also reprinted in other newspapers across the United States due to a chorus of acclaim. [2]
2013: shortlisted for Carnegie Medal for The Weight of Water [3] 2015: shortlisted for Carnegie Medal for Apple and Rain [4] 2016: The Bookseller' YA Book Prize for One [5] Irish Children's Book of the Year for One [6] Carnegie Medal for One [7] 2017: Red House Children's Book Award for older readers for One [8]
Mercredi's mother was a residential school Survivor, which formed the inspiration for many of the poems in his most recent book, 215. [5] In 2020, Mercredi became the second (after Di Brandt) Poet Laureate of Winnipeg. [6] In 2021, he won the Manitowapow Award at the Manitoba Book Awards. [7]
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Eerdmans paperback edition (1965) The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses is a collection of essays and addresses on Christianity by C.S. Lewis.It was first published as a single transcribed sermon, "The Weight of Glory" in 1941, appearing in the British journal, Theology, then in pamphlet form in 1942 by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London.
Winifred Emma May (4 June 1907 – 28 August 1990) was a poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong.Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner strength.
The Weight of Water is a 1997 novel by Anita Shreve.Half of the novel is historical fiction based on the Smuttynose Island murders, which took place in 1873.. The book was adapted for a film of the same name, directed by Kathryn Bigelow and released in 2000.
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.