In his debut poetry collection, Douglas Walbourne-Gough reflects on the legacy of a community that sat on the shore of the Bay of Islands, less than two kilometres west of downtown Corner Brook. source
Scene
“My father's family come from Crow Gulch, a now-abandoned community legally ushered off its land by the city of Corner Brook during the late seventies and early eighties.”
Walbourne-Gough's own canlit.ca essay is a self-citation for his book's anchor: he frames the poetry collection as a project to 'write care back into the social history and perceptions' of Crow Gulch.
Douglas Walbourne-Gough, Crow Gulch (Goose Lane Editions, 2019), framing via the author's essay in Canadian Literature — source
Places
- Set atCrow Gulch, Corner Brook↗
Walbourne-Gough's own canlit.ca essay is a self-citation for his book's anchor: he frames the poetry collection as a project to 'write care back into the social history and perceptions' of Crow Gulch.
Douglas Walbourne-Gough, Crow Gulch (Goose Lane Editions, 2019), framing via the author's essay in Canadian Literature — source