Night Work

The Sawchuk Poems

Randall Maggs

• Publisher: Brick Books
• Year: 2008
• ISBN:
  9781894078924
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Littérature
• Subtopic: Poésie canadienne

Winner of the 2008 Winterset Awardand the 2009 E.J. Pratt Poetry PrizeWinner of the Kobzar Literary Award 2010Shortlisted for the 2009 Heritage and History Book Award[Writers Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador]and longlisted for the Relit AwardGlobe 100 book in 2008A 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. But no summary touches the searching intensity of Maggs's poems. They range from meditations on ancient/modern heroism to dramatic capsules of actual games, in which the mystery of character meets the mystery of transcendent physical performance. Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems is illustrated with photographs mirroring the text, depicting key moments in the career of Terry Sawchuk, his exploits and his agony.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• I. The Question That He Frames
• II. Kings And Little Ones
• III. Two Goalies Going Fishing In The Dark
• IV. Goaltender Suite
• V. Canadian Dreams
• VI. Saints At Home, Soldiers Between Wars
• VII. Hurt Hawks
• VIII. Last Minute Of Play
• Acknowledgements
• The Photographs
• Bibliography
• About The Author
• Footnote