{"product_id":"music-late-and-soon-paperback","title":"Music, Late and Soon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobyn Sarah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the J.I Segal Awards Best Quebec Book on a Jewish Theme - Shortlisted for the The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA poet rediscovers the artistic passion of her youth--and pays tribute to the teacher she thought she'd lost.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter thirty-five years as an \"on-again, off-again, uncoached closet pianist,\" poet and writer Robyn Sarah picked up the phone one day and called her old piano teacher, whom she had last seen in her early twenties. \u003cem\u003eMusic, Late and Soon\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of her return to studying piano with the mentor of her youth. In tandem, she reflects on a previously unexamined musical past: a decade spent at Quebec's Conservatoire de Musique, studying clarinet--ostensibly headed for a career as an orchestral musician, but already a writer at heart. A meditation on creative process in both music and literary art, this two-tiered musical autobiography interweaves past and present as it tracks the author's long-ago defection from a musical career path and her late re-embrace of serious practice. At its core is a portrait of an extraordinary piano teacher and of a relationship remembered and renewed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobyn Sarah \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of eleven collections of poems, two collections of short stories, a book of essays on poetry, and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eMusic, Late and Soon\u003c\/i\u003e. Her tenth poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eMy Shoes Are Killing Me\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Governor General's Award in 2015. From 2011 until 2020 she served as poetry editor for Cormorant Books. She has lived for most of her life in Montréal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729388408895,"sku":"9781771963565","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fca08c08bfbf00392827ef459f5cb7a8.webp?v=1765122013","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/music-late-and-soon-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}