Way to Go

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ONE OF CBC BOOKS BEST BOOKS OF 2023A jubilant, irreverent, generous collection by a poet facing terminal illness.Following hisNew York TimesBest of the YearDark Woods, Richard Sangers fourth and final book is a clear-eyed and big-hearted inventory of the passions of a life well lived. Understated, tender, archly funny and achingly generous,Way to Gois a joyful catalog of Sangers loves and a last gift from an irrepressibly jubilant poet.So many springs and falls and pounces,So many vintages crushedAnd dripping through our fingers,So many nights and letters ending love,Youd think wed long since drained the cup.Praise forWay to GoSanger wields the traditional tools of the poetrhyme, metre and metaphorbrilliantly, and inhabits a range of speakers and situations . . . The collection is more a celebration of life than a lament.Toronto StarInWay to Go, Richard Sanger uses poetry to explore his passions, give gratitude and provide humourous observations about a life well-lived.CBC BooksThis is the work of a poet focusing on what he lovesconversations, jokes and asidesthe world around him welcomed. It is personal, emotive but never maudlin, telling of a life well lived, and the sweetness of being alive.Evan Jones,PN ReviewRemarkable . . . We should all be so blessed (and brave) to leave such a farewell as Sanger has.Miramichi ReaderPraise for Richard SangerThe rueful, lucid, deliberately casual poems inDark Woodscan surprise you with their tenderness, but also with their prickly intelligence.New York TimesSplendidly-shaped and imagistically adroit. These are outstanding poems.Globe and MailIn the poems accentual, lightly metered stanzas we are made conscious of time passing, the body aging, and those quiet moments outside time understated and moving.Malahat Review[Sangers] poems are tender and often funny. Sometimes arch, sometimes bemused, he is a humane observer of daily life ThroughoutDark Woods, his cleverness and verbal mischief enliven traditional forms.Canadian LiteratureSpectacular Sophisticated metrical sense, teasing wit and limitless linguistic resources The real thing: an original poet of rare talent.Montreal GazetteVery accomplished [Sanger] writes in a voice that is all his own, and its groundtone is a cleverly, progressively sophisticated one which is never merely adroit.Journal of Canadian Poetry