On September 25, 2008, Canadian music icon Glenn Gould would have turned seventy-six. His sudden death occurred nearly twenty-six years ago, just after his fiftieth birthday, but even now -- more than forty years after his last appearance on the concert stage -- his legacy continues.

Vancouver poet Kate Braid will mark Gould's birthday with the launch of her new book, A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems ($16.95, Caitlin Press). This volume is an exploration of imagined correspondence between Gould and "K,"; an admiring fan. Braid's collection weaves an intimate dynamic as K struggles with the loss of her hearing in one ear, finding her greatest comfort in Gould's music --particularly as he plays Bach. Gould's poems don't directly reply, but echo a response as he struggles with his own difficult life; his family, his health, his strong beliefs in how music should be presented and his personal habits considered "eccentric"; by an ever-watchful press. A Well-Mannered Storm is a striking volume of poems that does justice to Glenn Gould's brilliance, while offering insights into his personal life and art.