File 13 - Drafts of poems published in Stormthrower.

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Drafts of poems published in Stormthrower.

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SCA405-GA472-2-13

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(1964-2021)

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Julia McCarthy was born in Toronto in 1964. In 1987, McCarthy graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Waterloo. In 1988, she audited a course in Developmental Psychology from Seattle University. And between 1991 and 1994, she audited select courses in Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychology from the University of West Georgia.

McCarthy lived in the United States of America for ten years, most notably in Alaska and Georgia where she was guest lecturer in English and Psychology at the University of West Georgia (1992). She also lived in Norway and South Africa before returning to Canada and settling in Upper Kennetcook (East Hants) and the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. While in Nova Scotia, McCarthy worked as a freelance writer, teacher of creative writing, editor, and potter. As a potter, McCarthy was the owner of Mudaphors Studio (in Nova Scotia). McCarthy was married twice, first to Richard Alapeck and later to Dr. Graham Stewart.

In 2002, McCarthy published her first book Stormthrower. In 2010, she published her second book Return from Erebus for which she won the Canadian Authors Association Poetry Award in 2011. In 2017, McCarthy published her third anthology All the Names Between which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2017 Governor General's Awards and was awarded the J. M. Abraham Poetry Award (formerly the Atlantic Poetry Prize).

Julia McCarthy died in 2021.

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Poems and drafts of poems written and annotated by Julia McCarthy and later included in her book Stormthrower. Includes poems: “The invisible net,” "When the light creased," "The bus ride," “The hour of the wolf,” "Translating the ordinary," "Fugue in pine," “Round rooms,” “Secret languages,” “Silence is an animal,” “Code maker,” “House of feathers,” “In the field at dusk,” “Voice of the nest,” “The meeting,” “Notes from the invisible country,” “In the goldfinch garden,” “Indigo city,” “Stormthrower learns to speak,” “In my dreams,” “Stormthrower’s alibi,” “Facing North,” “Water-bearer,” “Salmon watching,” “Trolling,” “The blue eel,” “Stormthrower,” “Her long sorrow,” “The season of porcelain,” “Shedding season,” “Hurricane,” “Tornado envy,” “The turning,” “Stormthrower’s runes,” "The fall," and "In the hole."

Also contains poems “Water tables,” “Wash day meditation” also titled “The alchemy of laundry,” “The forgotten closet,” “Prayer beads,” “Snowfort,” “Cut bait,” “Bird brain,” “The bait caster,” “Winter poem,” “The snake-charmer’s lullaby,” “Good Friday earthquake,” “Mining disaster.”

Includes correspondence received from Don Domanski with notes about “Notes from the invisible country” and “Stormthrower,” and a list of poems, possibly considering which ones to include in the book.

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Donated by the Estate of Julia McCarthy in 2021.

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For additional materials on the work of Don Domanski and personal correspondence received from Domanski, please refer to the related materials note at file level.

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Described by CGD in 2022.

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