Canadian poet Randall Maggs reading at UVM on November 12
POETRY READING BY RANDALL MAGGS
Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems is a hockey saga, wrapping the game‚s story in the “intense, moody,
contradictory” character of Terry Sawchuk, one of its greatest goalies. In compact, conversational poems
that build into a narrative long poem, Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems follows the tragic trajectory of
the life and work of Terry Sawchuk, dark driven genius of a goalie who survived twenty tough seasons
in an era of inadequate upper-body equipment and no player representation. The book is illustrated
with photographs mirroring the text, depicting key moments in the career of Terry Sawchuk, his
exploits and his agony.
“Through his marvelous, moving poetry, Randall Maggs gets closer than any biographer to the heart of
the darkest, most troubled figure in the history of the national game. This may be the truest hockey
book ever written. It reaches a level untouched by conventional sports literature… His Sawchuk is real.”
– Stephen Brunt, Globe and Mail columnist and Canada‚s premier sportswriter and commentator
For more information about the reading, please contact
Paul Martin, Dept of English
656-8451
Paul.Martin@uvm.edu
The following articles will give you more information about Randall Maggs and his work:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Poetry inspires poetry page/2198813/story.html
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/article.html?id=181666