Digging the City: An Urban Agriculture Manifesto is nonfiction, a compact hardcover format, one of Rocky Mountain Books’ Manifesto series.
"This book stands out from other attempts to solve environmental crises for being so engagingly written... it reads a little...
A limited edition collaboration with Calgary artist Colleen Philippi. Each poem is presented in a different, whimsical format. Contents: Boston School of Cooking Cookbook; Coffee; Croutons; Gravy; Implements; Jello; Parma; Salad.
In Cartography, her fifth collection of poetry, Rhona McAdam weaves an imaginative passage through the territories of love, work, family and aging. The world of her poems is completely and evocatively imagined, with humour and humanity, and traces the poet's...
This letterpress collection was hand-set, printed and bound by Carole Wyse Peters. It brings together a half dozen favourite poems covering the droll hilarity of soap operas and the tenderness of family cookbooks.
In Old Habits, McAdam’s poetry moves with grace and ease. Her images of everyday life are evocative and striking: rental houses wearily awaiting permanent residents; the awkwardness of long-distance lovers re-united; a treasured cookbook reduced to a lifetime of meals...
In Creating the Country, “Rhona McAdam writes poems that are simultaneously delicate, lyrical, sharp-edged, and satiric. There is often something deadly serious and intensely engaging under what appears to be a light surface.” (Prairie Fire)
Cover art: Colleen Philippi
Winner of the Alberta Poetry Award for 1987.
“McAdam’s work is rich with textured ambiguity. She charts both the phenomena of the natural world and the subtle filigree of social relations with an unusual organic imagery that is laced with...