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Tom Wayman
The writer Tom Wayman discusses his new collection of poetry Out of the Ordinary (Harbour Publishing, 2025), with Joseph Planta.
Out of the Ordinary by Tom Wayman (Harbour Publishing, 2025).
Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Out of the Ordinary
Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.
Tom Wayman joins me again. He’s recently published a new collection of poetry, Out of the Ordinary. He’s a marvelous writer, and this new collection showcases Wayman’s skill at putting words together in poetry that’s playful and challenging, as well as illustrative and opaque. There are poems that are amusing as well as deeply profound as Tom dismantles misuse of language, especially when wilfully mendacious. Tom has the ability to observe life and the things around us so carefully, sometimes admiringly and lovingly that it’s a perspective that’s not only welcome, but inspiring. There are poems in this collection that describe what it might be like to get into a seed or a raindrop that make the reader want to see the world as Tom does. There are poems in this collection that also examine grief and friendship, and the poems that contend with the loss of a friend are instructive as to how to work through grief, but also present his late friend honestly. Tom Wayman is the author of more than twenty previous collections of poetry, three collections of critical and cultural essays, three books of short fiction, and a novel. He was the 2022 recipient of the George Woodcock Award for Lifetime Achievement in the literary arts. In 2015, he was named a Vancouver Literary Landmark, with a plaque on Commercial Drive commemorating his championing of people writing for themselves about their daily employment. He first appeared on the program last year when his memoir The Road to Appledore (or How I Went Back to the Land Without Ever Having Lived There in the First Place) was published. There is an event Thursday evening, 08 May 2025, at Iron Dog Books. Tom and Nick Thran will be reading from their books. Visit www.tomwayman.com for more. This new collection is from Harbour Publishing. We spoke two weeks ago, with Tom joining me from his home in Winlaw, British Columbia. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Tom Wayman; Mr. Wayman, good morning.
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The writer Tom Wayman discusses his new collection of poetry Out of the Ordinary (Harbour Publishing, 2025), with Joseph Planta.
Out of the Ordinary by Tom Wayman (Harbour Publishing, 2025).
Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Out of the Ordinary
Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.
Tom Wayman joins me again. He’s recently published a new collection of poetry, Out of the Ordinary. He’s a marvelous writer, and this new collection showcases Wayman’s skill at putting words together in poetry that’s playful and challenging, as well as illustrative and opaque. There are poems that are amusing as well as deeply profound as Tom dismantles misuse of language, especially when wilfully mendacious. Tom has the ability to observe life and the things around us so carefully, sometimes admiringly and lovingly that it’s a perspective that’s not only welcome, but inspiring. There are poems in this collection that describe what it might be like to get into a seed or a raindrop that make the reader want to see the world as Tom does. There are poems in this collection that also examine grief and friendship, and the poems that contend with the loss of a friend are instructive as to how to work through grief, but also present his late friend honestly. Tom Wayman is the author of more than twenty previous collections of poetry, three collections of critical and cultural essays, three books of short fiction, and a novel. He was the 2022 recipient of the George Woodcock Award for Lifetime Achievement in the literary arts. In 2015, he was named a Vancouver Literary Landmark, with a plaque on Commercial Drive commemorating his championing of people writing for themselves about their daily employment. He first appeared on the program last year when his memoir The Road to Appledore (or How I Went Back to the Land Without Ever Having Lived There in the First Place) was published. There is an event Thursday evening, 08 May 2025, at Iron Dog Books. Tom and Nick Thran will be reading from their books. Visit www.tomwayman.com for more. This new collection is from Harbour Publishing. We spoke two weeks ago, with Tom joining me from his home in Winlaw, British Columbia. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Tom Wayman; Mr. Wayman, good morning.
The post Tom Wayman first appeared on thecommentary.ca.