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"Outside of the chair, the teapot is the most ubiquitous and important design element in the domestic environment and almost everyone who has tackled the world of design has ended up designing one." -- David Mcfadden
David William McFadden (born October 11, 1940) is a Canadian poet, fiction writer, and travel writer. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario and first started working there as a proofreader for the Hamilton Spectator newspaper. As he grew more renowned as a poet he quit the newspaper and became a full-time writer in 1976. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

McFadden's poetry critiques the commercialism and shallowness of modern society. His work, with its overt humour, poignant reflections on contemporary urban life, and interest in the mistakes of the imagination, reveals an affinity with Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery and the New York School of the 1950s, as well as the Beat writers of the 1960s--Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti most obviously. His work, however, remains distinctly Canadian in subject matter, setting and personality. His book of 100 Baudelaire-inspired prose poems, Gypsy Guitar, was called "Everyone's favourite book of poems" by George Bowering.

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Total Books: 32
An Innocent in Ireland  Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters
An Innocent in Ireland Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780771055270
ISBN-10: 0771055277
Genre: Travel
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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An Innocent in Newfoundland  Even More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters
An Innocent in Scotland  More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters
An Innocent in Scotland More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780771055287
ISBN-10: 0771055285
Genre: Travel
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Anonymity Suite
Anonymity Suite (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780771054266
ISBN-10: 0771054262
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Art of Darkness
Art of Darkness (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780771055126
ISBN-10: 0771055129
Genres: History, Literature & Fiction
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Being Transformed From Glory to Glory
Being Transformed From Glory to Glory [A Deeper Life Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780984631124
ISBN-10: 0984631127
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Canadian sunset
Canadian Sunset (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780887531521
ISBN-10: 0887531520
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Changing Hands Art Without Reservation 1 [Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation] (Hardcover)
Constructive Spirit Quakers in Revolutionary Russia
Constructive Spirit Quakers in Revolutionary Russia (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780964804258
ISBN-10: 0964804255
Genre: Nonfiction
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Country of the open heart
Country of the Open Heart [The Kootenay sonatas] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780919285118
ISBN-10: 0919285112
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Daily Quips In A Bowl
Daily Quips in a Bowl (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781572814950
ISBN-10: 1572814950
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Five Star Planet
Five Star Planet [Mcfadden, David, Terrafina Trilogy, V. 3.] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780889224681
ISBN-10: 0889224684
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Great Canadian Sonnet
The Great Canadian Sonnet (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781552450604
ISBN-10: 1552450600
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 2/5 Stars.
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Great Lakes Suite A Trip Around Lake Erie / A Trip Around Lake Huron / A Trip Around Lake Ontario
Gypsy Guitar
Gypsy Guitar (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780889222502
ISBN-10: 0889222509
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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I don't know
I Don't Know (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780919890176
ISBN-10: 0919890172
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An Innocent in Cuba
An Innocent in Cuba (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780771055065
ISBN-10: 0771055064
Genres: Children's Books, Travel
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Intense pleasure
Intense Pleasure (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780771057793
ISBN-10: 0771057792
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My Body Was Eaten by Dogs Selected Poems
My Body Was Eaten By Dogs Selected Poems (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780916696184
ISBN-10: 0916696189
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My body was eaten by dogs Selected poems of David McFadden
On the road again
On the Road Again (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780771055102
ISBN-10: 0771055102
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The saladmaker
The Saladmaker (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780916696030
ISBN-10: 0916696030
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A Trip Around Lake Erie [Trips around the Great Lakes] (Paperback)
A Trip Around Lake Huron [Trips around the Great Lakes] (Paperback)
What's the Score [Stuart Ross Books] (Paperback)