Killing Things

John Degen's first collection of poetry, Animal Life in Bucharest, received high critical praise from some of the finest poets writing in Canada today. Degen's second collection, Killing Things, brings a precise eye to Toronto and its surrounding landscape to observe the deadly fineness of everyday life. Moving between, and confusing, elements of the city and of suburban and wilderness living, the collection is fuelled by a tone of existential uncertainty and a persistent questioning of realities.