Goose Lane Editions

“…it was not whim or wildness which made me go, but a sudden clear realization that tho you were the first man of importance to me, you could not be the last. — Gwendolyn MacEwen to Milton Acorn, 1963 (age 21)”
― Jeanette Lynes, Where the Nights Are Twice as Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets

“Someday, yes, someday, perhaps, I shall have a reason for writing happy endings!— Robert Kroetsch to Martann -------, 1947 (age 20)”
― David Eso, Where the Nights Are Twice as Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets

“…when something is gone but not forgotten, melancholy must linger on, especially when the dreamer does not want to forget. —Robert Kroetsch to Martann -------, 1947 (age 20)”
― David Eso, Where the Nights Are Twice as Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets

“Sincerity like this staggers me; I've seen too little and too much of it one way and another; I've valued it so highly that when someone hands it to me as directly as you have, I'm not sure whether I should jump for joy or burst into tears. — Gwendolyn MacEwen to Milton Acorn, 1960 (age 19)”
― David Eso, Where the Nights Are Twice as Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets