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And me, so busy reading petc, that I hadn't checked that out. But will be off to hear all those others, & Bök, who is the Sound Poetry Master around here these days.... Thanks people. Doug On 11-Sep-08, at 8:57 AM, Sheila Murphy wrote: > You'll be GREAT, Doug! Wish I could be there to cheer for you! Sheila > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:20 AM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> from edmontonpoetryfestival.com: >> >> Event Spotlight: Insomnicidal Kleptomania >> On Friday, September 12, 2008 the Edmonton Poetry Festival presents >> Insomnicidal Kleptomania: An Evening of Experimental Verse and Sound >> Poetry. It takes place at the ARTery: 9535 Jasper Avenue, doors at >> 6:30 show at 7:00. Featured readers include sound poetry guru Doug >> Barbour and the inimitable presence that is Christian Bök. Locals >> Nico >> Rogers, Joel Katelnikoff, Christine Stewart, Jeff Carpenter, Michael >> Gravel, and Glenn Robson & Tonguebath round out the lineup. >> >> "It's going to be a night of off-the-wall poetry that really goes to >> the edge," says primo organizer Jeffrey Carpenter. "There'll be a >> wedding cake with no wedding, a crocodile with no teeth, and a >> billboard with no legs. Like I say, it'll be out there." When asked >> about the nature of the dark art of sound poetry, Carpenter kind of >> scratches his head. "You have to hear it to understand it. You have >> to >> meet the artist halfway. It's all about rhythm, repetition, and >> building a piece with sound." Christian Bök and Doug Barbour will >> undoubtedly kick out great examples of this fascinating field of >> poetic endeavour. >> >> >> -- >> Andrew >> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/ >> > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html Language is sound as sense. Music is sound as sound. R. Murray Schafer