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The Language of Sparrows.  Andreas Gripp. Harmonia Press. Cover photo by Cedric Duval. Harmonia Press: August, 2006. ISBN: 0-9739932-1-9 Trade Paperback: 64 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 in. Advisories: Some Profanity. $12.00 U.S. or Canadian (Price includes shipping). Ordering information:  http://www.andreasgripp.com  Book Cover: The Language of Sparrows is the sixth full-length book of poetry from London, Ontario writer Andreas Gripp. This collection is filled with the author’s signature style of poignant, accessible narrative. Andreas Gripp lives in London, Ontario with his two cats, "Sheba" and "Clea." He is the author of six books of poetry, several chapbooks and was the editor and publisher of Afterthoughts from 1994 to 2000. The Language of Sparrows (2006), Like Darwin Among the Gods (2005), Mr. Rubik's House of Cards (2004), The Cosmopolitan Day of Reckoning (2003), Captain Fascist (2002), Guillible Skeptic (2001); Chapbooks: Anno Domino (2005), Past Life Aggression (2006).

 

Like Darwin Among the Gods. Andreas Gripp. Harmonia Press: November, 2005. ISBN: 0-9688885-8-5. Trade Paperback: 80 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 in. Advisories: Some Profanity. $12.00 U.S. or Canadian (Price includes shipping). Ordering information: http://www.andreasgripp.com Book Cover: London, Ontario poet Andreas Gripp offers his fifth full-length collection of poems. Like Darwin Among the Gods is a year-long poetic rendering of dysfunctional personal relationships and calls into question human concepts of love, God, and our place in the world. Andreas Gripp has been compared to Billy Collins (American Poet Laureate) in his ability to take ordinary, everyday events and weave them into thoughtful verses that move the reader to think and to feel. The poems are rhythmic and graceful, accessible and relevant in their language and subject matter.

 

 

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