After the Hatching Oven Product Form:Paperback / softback some of which are fleeting

some of which are fleeting while others probe in-depth the feelings

Publication Date: 20141010

–Metro Ottawa

The result is required reading for anyone interested in Canadian politics or government

Short-listed Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (2015)

After the Hatching Oven Product Form:Paperback / softback some of which are fleetingDescription After the Hatching Oven explores chickens: their evolution as a domesticated species; their place in history, pop culture and industrial agriculture; their exploitation and their liberation. Alexander takes us deep into the world of this common species, examining every conceivable angle: chicken politics, antics, pretenses and pleasures. These poems delight in the mastery of language and intensity by which Alexander has thought his way