Still Point

Still Point examines North America as unified whole and disrupted centre

The poems in Still Point contrast the calm and tumult of Hurricane Katrina, the deconstruction of Detroit, the financial crisis of 2008, and the BP Gulf oil spill, weaving lyrical sequences and individual pieces into a coherent whole focused on humanity’s relationship to itself and to nature. Still Point tells a story of beauty and horror, and how normalcy stubbornly persists amid history’s arc.

"E Martin Nolan’s Still Point is [a] debut of remarkable talent."—Canadian Literature

“When a book is this good, what to say? Without rhetoric, in intimate detail, Nolan nails it.”—Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin’s Daughter

Still Point examines North America as unified whole and disrupted centre

The poems in Still Point contrast the calm and tumult of Hurricane Katrina, the deconstruction of Detroit, the financial crisis of 2008, and the BP Gulf oil spill, weaving lyrical sequences and individual pieces into a coherent whole focused on humanity’s relationship to itself and to nature. Still Point tells a story of beauty and horror, and how normalcy stubbornly persists amid history’s arc.

"E Martin Nolan’s Still Point is [a] debut of remarkable talent."—Canadian Literature

“When a book is this good, what to say? Without rhetoric, in intimate detail, Nolan nails it.”—Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin’s Daughter