Quote by Elizabeth Smart

This volume presents the private journals of Elizabeth Smart, one of Canada's most distinctive poetic voices. The journals offer readers a window into the mind of theartist who wrote such celebrated works as 'By Grandmas Instructions' and 'The Fool of the Family'. The entries capture Smart's poetic sensibility, her relationships, and her daily experiences as a writer. As a document of literary history, the journals provide insight into the development of a singular literary voice in Canadian literature and the private world behind the public poetry. more