king’s(mere) is an imaginative and audacious interpretation of the life of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s 10th prime minister. In his debut collection, Nathan Dueck explores the realm where poetry and prose meet, through seances, letters, diary entries and faux bible scripture, all written by King. king’s(mere) does not offer us the William Lyon Mackenzie King of our school books, but a character ashamed/to record it all. Finally, a Canadian that’s bigger than life! Bigger even than Canada! Thank you, Mr. Dueck. –Guy Maddin, filmmaker, The Saddest Music in the World, author of From the Atelier Tovar