another introduction:
Having been on the list for a long long time, I'll not say too much, but
although I think I sent this in a week or so ago, I'll pass on this news
about my latest chapbook from greenboathousebooks (www.greenboathouse.com):
a flame on the spanish stairs : John Keats in Rome
A long poem by Douglas Barbour.
Formally innovative, this short series of poems follows the last thoughts
of a sickening Keats through the streets of Rome. In turns characteristic
of Barbour's recent work - including Fragmenting Body, Etc (NeWest Press
2000) and Breath Takes (Wolsak & Wynn 2001) - A Flame on the Spanish Stairs
uses linguistic techniques, such as homolinguistic translation, as modes of
experimentation to explore the limits of conventional lyric poetry.
Printed on acid-free 80lb Pastelle Text, the cover on 120lb Canson
MiTeintes; hand-stitched with French flaps. ISBN 1-894744-12-8 $10.00
I've been publishing poetry for about 35 years, have the mentioned books &
many others out, plus a number of monographs on such writers as bpNichol,
John Newlove, Daphne Marlatt, Michael Ondaatje, & Samuel R. Delany, & a
collection of essays, Lyric / Anti-lyric: essays on contemporary poetry
(2001). Oh, & I'm one of those lost souls, as I teach in the Department of
English at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
I'll be interested to hear from others...
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
Take away my wisdom and my categories!
Phyllis Webb
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