Listening to the Bees Robert Chursinoff FICTION / Urban & Street

FICTION / Urban & Street Lit

Employing a supple lyricism that is at turns tender and fierce

This diverse collection coheres because of the author's voice

Johnston masterfully mixes such stories and perspectives with short vignettes told directly from ground zero of a surreal

Shortlisted for the 2009 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry

Listening to the Bees Robert Chursinoff FICTION / Urban & StreetDescription Listening to the Bees is a collaborative exploration by two writers to illuminate the most profound human questions: Who are we? Who do we want to be in the world? Through the distinct but complementary lenses of science and poetry, Mark Winston and Rene Saklikar reflect on the tension of being an individual living in a society, and about the devastation wrought by overly intensive management of agricultural and urban habitats. Listening