(Ryerson, 1939 chapbook; with the opening page of the most famous Canadian poem about the Depression; right: a very rare signed copy of a very rare book–250 copies; this and the next chapbook covers were done by Group of 7 artist J.E.H. MacDonald)
(left: G-G winner; only 250 copies of this rare title; Ryerson: 1941; right: 1942, Ryerson; this dj was done by J.E.H. MacDonald and his son Thoreau)
(Ryerson, 1945 dj & back cover blurb)
(Mosaic Press/Valley Editions dj, 1981; inscribed by author; uncredited design)
(inscribed book with signed typed letter; Mosaic Press pb, 1985; uncredited art)
(Joyce) Anne Marriott (1913-1997) was born and educated in Victoria, BC. As a young woman, she travelled to SK during the Depression, later immortalizing the latter in her full-length poem “The Wind Our Enemy”. Her G-G-Poetry-winning chapbook Calling Adventurers was a radio documentary about the Canadian North. She went on to work for NFB and co-founded, with Dorothy Livesay, the Canadian poetry magazine Contemporary Verse. Marriott continued to write and publish poetry into her old age, also offering poetry workshops for young people.