Well, the only one of these I know is Doug's - and I highly recommend
it, especially to jazz lovers.
I know Phill and Jon, so I'll be searching up their chapbooks. It
seems to be a vibrant part of the Canadian scene, more so than in
Australia.
Thanks for showing this, Doug.
Andrew
On 19 January 2013 10:38, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here's an interesting take on a bunch of wee books:
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: [log in to unmask] (Rob McLennan)
>> Subject: rob's end-of-year list of 2012 Canadian poetry chapbooks;
>> Date: 18 January, 2013 2:57:23 PM MST
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> My "end-of-year list of 2012 Canadian poetry chapbooks" list is now online
>> at Branta.ca
>>
>> http://www.gooselane.com/blog/2013/01/an-end-of-year-list-of-2012-canadian-poetry-chapbooks/
>>
>> For many, year-end means a moment of reflection, and the appearance of
>> lists, lists and more lists. Ive received and picked up numerous poetry
>> chapbooks, and thought it might be worth compiling a list of the Canadian
>> titles that really stuck out, over the past calendar year.
>>
>> The only really frustrating thing about a list such as this is knowing how
>> woefully incomplete it is, including all the chapbooks that, for whatever
>> reason, I couldnt get my hands on. Consider this a mere fraction of
>> Canadian poetry activity in the realm of small and micro publishing.
>>
>> Here they are, in no particular order:
>>
>> 1. Marcus McCann, Labradoodle
>> 2. ryan fitzpatrick, 21st Century Monsters
>> 3. Fred Wah, Medallions of Belief
>> 4. Monty Reid, Garden (dec unit)
>> 5. Margaret Christakos, from Tumulttudes: The Chips & Ties Study
>> 6. Jon Paul Fiorentino, The Winnipeg Cold Storage Company
>> 7. Gil McElroy, Ordinary Time: The Merton Lake Propers
>> 8. Douglas Barbour, Recording Dates
>> 9. Marilyn Irwin, little nothings
>> 10. Rachael Simpson, Eiderdown
>> 11. Phil Hall, A Rural Pen
>> 12. Liz Howard, (skullambient)
>> 13. Shannon Maguire, Fruit Machine
>> 14. David Peter Clark, feathereDinosaurs
>>
>> See the link for write-ups on each of the titles.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> writer/editor/publisher ; ottawater, above/ground press + Chaudiere Books
>> (www.chaudierebooks.com) ; coord., SPAN-O + ottawa small press fair
>> poetry - Songs for little sleep, (obvious epiphanies press) ; 2nd novel -
>> missing persons ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com ; robmclennan.blogspot.com
>>
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> Something else is out there
> godamnit
>
> And I want to hear it
>
> C.D.Wright
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Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
'Undercover of Lightness' http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
'Shikibu Shuffle'
http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
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