derek beaulieu's blog

Calgary Poet Laureate short-listed nominees

derekbeaulieu — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:24:18 +0000

new from NO: “pentaphtong” by Jaap Blonk

derekbeaulieu — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:20:27 +0000

NO PRESS is proud to announce the publication of “pentaphtong” by Jaap Blonk. Published in an edition of 50 copies, this leaflet will be available at readings (and via the post) through-out the spring; keep an eye out!

new from NO: “surprising poetry” by Judith Copithorne

derekbeaulieu — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:18:55 +0000

NO PRESS is proud to announce the publication of “surprising poetry” by Judith Copithorne, one of the pioneer Canadian Concrete poets. Published in an edition of 100 copies, this leaflet will be available at readings (and via the post) through-out the spring; keep an eye out!

ECONOMIES OF SCALE

derekbeaulieu — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:37:10 +0000

rob mclennan’s above/ground press has just published

ECONOMIES OF SCALE: rob mclennan interviews derek beaulieu on NO PRESS / derek beaulieu interviews rob mclennan on above/ground press
with a selection of new work by both authors
$5

The Selected Fiction of John Riddell

derekbeaulieu — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:49:19 +0000

I’m proud to announce that Lori Emerson and I are editing a new collection of John Riddell‘s work. The Selected Fiction of John Riddell will be published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Spring 2013.

a pair of reviews of HOW TO WRITE

derekbeaulieu — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:07:29 +0000

How to Write has just been reviewed by both ryan fitzpatrick (in Canadian Literature) and Melissa Dalgeish (in The Bull Calf).

RUSH: What Fuckan Theory

derekbeaulieu — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:41:01 +0000

I’m proud to announce that Gregory Betts and I are editing a new edition (with critical afterword and interview) of bill bissett’s indispensable RUSH: What Fuckan Theory a study uv language. The book – which was originally published in a limited edition by blewointment / grOnk in 1972 – will be re-issued through Bookthug, Fall 2012.

portrait by Anatol Knotek

derekbeaulieu — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:20:52 +0000

Austrian visual artist and concrete poet Anatol Knotek has just completed this portrait of yours truly entirely with pencil letter forms and dry-transfer lettering. More about Knotek’s can be found here, and his work is also online through UBUWeb’s visual poetry section.

new from No press: THE NOBLE GASES by Eric Zboya

derekbeaulieu — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:01:46 +0000

No Press is proud to announce the publication of

THE NOBLE GASES
By Eric Zboya

The Noble Gases is excerpted from a larger manuscript entitled “The Periodic Table” in which Zboya represents every element in a braille-influenced representation of each element’s name and atomic layout. A minimal, elegrant suite of visual poems.

Published in a limited edition of 50 copies (25 of which are for sale) each copy is printed on linen paper and handbound.

Copies are available for $3.00 each (including postage).

To order, please contact derek beaulieu

most engaging books of 2011

derekbeaulieu — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:52:57 +0000

Last December I posted my “most engaging books of 2010” list with 13 books of poetry, 2 of fiction, 2 of theory and 2 collecteds … this year the field consisted of a vastly different array of “most engaging” books. This is the cream of the crop for 2011:

POETRY:

Baum, Erica. Dog Ear. Brooklyn: Ugly Duckling, 2011.

Bergvall, Caroline. Meddle English. New York: Nightboat, 2011.

Dworkin, Craig. Motes. New York: Roof Books, 2011.

Fitterman, Robert. Holocaust Museum. London: Veer, 2011.

Place, Vanessa. Tragodia 2: Statement of the Case and Tragodia 3: Argument. Los Angeles: Blanc Press, 2011.

CRITICISM / ETC

Bernstein, Charles. Attack of the Difficult Poems. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Brotchie, Alastair. Alfred Jarry: A Pataphysical Life. Cambridge: MIT, 2011.

Dworkin, Craig and Kenneth Goldsmith. Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing. Evanston: Northwestern UP, 2011.

Gammel, Irene and Suzanne Zelazo, eds. Body Sweats: The Uncensored writings of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. Cambridge: MIT, 2011.

Goldsmith, Kenneth. Uncreative Writing. New York: Columbia UP, 2011.

Norddahl, Eirikur Orn. Booby, be Quiet! Helsinki: poesia, 2011.

RE-ISSUES (each of which are finally back in print this year)

McCaffery, Steve. Panopticon. Toronto: Bookthug, 2011.

Moure, Erin. Pillage Laud. Toronto: Bookthug, 2011.

Porter, Bern. Found Poems. New York: Nightboat, 2011.

Rinne, Cia. Zaroum. Reims: le clou dans le fer, 2011.

Robertson, Lisa. Occasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office of Soft Architecture. Toronto: Coach House, 2011.