Linda Rogers has been called the switchboard of Canadian literature, with all numbers ringing at once. Her writing is marked by energy, enthusiasm, and courage. It is a compassionate view, with gravity tempered by humour. Whether it takes a joke or a homily, she believes it is the artist's job to transform cruelty, the only sin, into understanding.

Advance Praise for The Saning:

There is a feeling of limitlessness in a Linda Rogers poem, the excitement of never knowing where the words will end, when the passion and spirit will transform you. The Saning is her deepest, most startling book yet, a fabulous swirl of imagery borrowed from fairy tales, world religions, surreal dreams, atlases, newspapers, and magic spells. Whether she is writing about the ravages of war and poverty, or the mirages of happy love lives, she strides heart-first into each poem, boldly stirring up trouble and compassion. I love her recklessness, the way she welcomes the world with a wild embrace.—BARRY DEMPSTER

These are poems of great skill, one might almost say solidity, and yet, paradoxically, Rogers still surprises the reader with her ebullient imagination.—ANNE SZUMIGALSKI

The poems of The Saning are fired with passion fuelled by a sense of outrage for the many wrongs of humanity against its children in a world spinning crazily towards a new millennium. The language is driven by her concerns and fears for today's children, but also by her fierce belief in the power of love as a fortress against the madness around.—GLEN SORESTAD

Poetry, 128 pp, 6 x 9
ISBN 1-55039-099-6, paper, $14.95