Spirit Dances, TheThe Spirit Dances Tony Cosier 6 X 9 inches, 80 pages Penumbra Press Poetry Series, No. 58 The poems in this collection praise the human spirit with its enduring capacity for love. The poet reflects on his thirty years of teaching; explores the theme of personal relationships in a religious context; and depicts Beethoven's struggle to create his last great work, the "Missa Solemnis." This is Tony Cosier's fourth book of poetry with Penumbra Press. Tony

A writer and musician currently living in Toronto

From searings and from shock

the Soviet Union

has a BA in history from Chelyabinsk State University (1991) and MA in Canadian history from Perm State University (1994)

David Milne

With an essay by Terrance Heath

Born in Austria-Hungary

The Land of the Muskeg and the Shining Birch Tree

And she has exhibited her artwork in Calgary

Fingerspelling takes this a step further

and the effective distribution of aid to poor countries

not paralleled in the artist's own life)