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Tightrope Books’ Best Canadian Poetry in English 2012 (Day 2)
October 9, 2012
Continuing our four-day promotion of Tightrope Books’ The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2012’s Vancouver launch, we present more of that collection’s included poets who have published work in Canadian Literautre.
Come back tomorrow or follow us on Twitter for the next set.
Today’s Poets from The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2012
David McGimpsey
Too Much Slouching, Not Enough Slumping
from Canadian Literature #154The Narcissus Bloat
from Canadian Literature #170-171
Elise Partridge
Shane Rhodes
Still Life with Apple
from Canadian Literature #174Of Flowers
from Canadian Literature #183If it was the sea we heard: Penelope's Song
from Canadian Literature #192Soundscape as Landscape #1: Peaceful, Unified, and Unarmed
from Canadian Literature #203Circle the Wagons: In Ink: mediation on Treaty Two
from Canadian Literature #203The Promise/Broken Land: mediatation on Treaty Three
from Canadian Literature #210-211Settlement, Mining, Lumbering, Trading: mediatation on Treaty Eight
from Canadian Literature #212
From the Long List
Jan E. Conn
Barry Dempster
- Dreams of Desertion (note: link goes to full issue PDF) from Canadian Literature #100
- A Tropic of Bookshelves (note: link goes to full issue PDF) from Canadian Literature #108
- Three Poems (note: link goes to full issue PDF) from Canadian Literature #133
The End of Everything
from Canadian Literature #148- Dancing (note: link goes to full issue PDF) from Canadian Literature #190
- Groin (note: link goes to full issue PDF) from Canadian Literature #195
Jesse Patrick Ferguson
Chainsaw
from Canadian Literature #194Keys to Success
from Canadian Literature #204Black Noise
from Canadian Literature #205Hydra
from Canadian Literature #207Into Which Worlds Could Fall
from Canadian Literature #209
Tightrope Books’ Best Canadian Poetry in English 2012 (Day 1)
October 8, 2012
Continuing in a long-established tradition of poetry excellence, this collection of 50 poems is culled from Canadian literary magazines and journals. The handpicked selection includes the best, and most current, representations of the vibrant Canadian poetry scene. This distinguished volume offers both a convenient introduction to contemporary poets in Canada and a collectible yearbook for seasoned poetry readers, distilled by the esteemed editorial tastes of a new guest editor and an accomplished poetry editor.
—The Best Canadian Poetry In English 2012 (Tightrope Books 2012)
To celebrate the Vancouver launch of Tightrope Books’ The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2012, Canadian Literature is spending the next four days tracking down work from the included poets (including those on the Long List) in our archives. Come back tomorrow or follow us on Twitter to read the next set.
Mike Borkent, Karen Correia Da Silva, and Matthew Gruman from Canadian Literature will be at the launch selling copies of our recent 21st-Century Poetics (#210-211, Autumn/Winter 2011) special double issue for $20 (regular price is $29.95 + HST and shipping). Say hi, pick up a great issue for a great price, and enjoy some of Canada’s best poetry!
Today’s Poets from The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2012
Stephanie Bolster
Three Poems:
from Canadian Literature #141Alice’s Adventures under Ground,
In which alice visits pacific rim national park,
andAlice’s socks
iris
from Canadian Literature #146hydrangea
from Canadian Literature #146Split-Leafed Maple
from Canadian Literature #179The Canadian Garden
from Canadian Literature #181
Adam Dickinson
Jim Johnstone
baiting hooks
from Canadian Literature #191Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman (with Antlers)
from Canadian Literature #209
Michael Lista
From the Long List
Ken Babstock
derek beaulieu
this half is for the ceremony
from Canadian Literature #195rectangle 4
from Canadian Literature #210-211 (note:rectangle 4
was long-listed for The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2012)January 28, 1986
from Canadian Literature #212
Roo Borson
- Wild Horses (note: link goes to full issue PDF) from Canadian Literature #85
- This is the Last Night (note: link goes to full issue PDF) from Canadian Literature #89
- The Wind, Growing Up (note: link goes to full issue PDF) from Canadian Literature #89
- By Flashlight (note: link goes to full issue PDF) from Canadian Literature #100
Continuous Elegy (An Introduction to Wang Wei)
from Canadian Literature #155 (note: written as a member ofPain Not Bread,
with Kim Maltman and Andy Patton)Breath (An Introduction to Du Fu)
from Canadian Literature #155 (note: written as a member ofPain Not Bread,
with Kim Maltman and Andy Patton)
Potential CanLit Guides Service Interruption
October 4, 2012
We can in the process of transferring CanLit Guides to a new server, so the website may be periodically unavailable over the next week. If you are having trouble accessing the site, please visit http://canlit.ca/guides for a mirror version. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Announcing CanLit Guides
August 27, 2012
CanLit Guides is a modular learning resource, developed by Canadian Literature, that introduces students to reading and writing at a university level. The guides take full advantage of Canadian Literature’s online archive, helping students navigate both classic and contemporary Canadian literature, and the complex scholarly conversations surrounding it.
Reading and Writing Canada: A Classroom Guide to Nationalism
Canadian Literature is proud to present Reading and Writing Canada: A Classroom Guide to Nationalism,
our first completed TLEF-supported learning resource. This guide was developed by a team at Canadian Literature to introduce Canadian culture, writing, and criticism with a focus on the fluctuating concept of nationalism.
Coming Soon
By the end of 2012, we will be launching two more guides: one focused on Indigenous literature, and another focused on Gender.
Canadian Literature releases 40 more back issues online
August 21, 2012
Nearly 50 years of issues available free to the public
Vancouver, Canada — August 21, 2012 — Forty more back issues of quarterly journal Canadian Literature are now freely accessible to the public at http://canlit.ca. Canadian Literature is proud to announce that issues #155-195 are available to download in full as PDF files, adding to an ever-expanding online back issue archive.
Lost and Found
August 15, 2012
Our latest issue, #212 (Spring 2012), contains the first of a new genre of scholarly publication for the journal. It consists of a text, either never published or published only in an obscure venue, edited and with a short introduction. Our first of what I hope will be a long line of recovered literary material is a piece that Mary Chapman has identified as by Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton [1865-1914]) written for the Montreal Daily Star in 1895. Her example of bringing this piece out of the obscurity of anonymity and microfilm into the light of the internet will, I hope, inspire others. Where space permits, we will publish both the text and the introduction in the print journal; otherwise the introduction will appear in the print journal, and after publication be united with the text, as with this pair, on the Canadian Literature website (http://canlit.ca).
—Margery Fee
Current Issue: #212 (Spring 2012)
August 9, 2012
Canadian Literature’s Spring 2012 issue (CL#212) is now available. The issue features articles by RIchard Brock, Laurie Kruk, Geoff Martin, Manina Jones, Medrie Purdham, and Cynthia Sugars, and new Canadian poetry & book reviews.
And yet, these coffee shops, in their early incarnations an important site for the emergence of what Jürgen Habermas called thepublic sphere,are now filled with students and would-be writers linked to a new public sphere by the Internet. The force that is closing real bookshops is at the same time creating a broader and different space for reading, literary comment, and many other forms of social connection. Now communities are forming world-wide. Despite the scams, viruses, and porn, many of these communities do manage to make progressive social changes, which is why bad governments work hard to repress social media.
—Margery Fee, Editorial.
Purchase this issue from our online store.
Book reviews editor Laura Moss interviewed at CWILA
June 13, 2012
I don’t think the gender of the author should be the determining factor in deciding on whether to review a book but I do think it is one factor that ought to be considered when ordering books for possible review. I still make my final decisions by opening the books and reading what is on the page.
—Laura Moss, An Interview with Laura Moss, Reviews Editor, Canadian Literature
Basil Frederick Stuart-Stubbs (1930 - 29 May 2012)
June 5, 2012
We pay tribute to his life full of accomplishment. The eighth University Librarian at UBC and tireless supporter of Canadian letters, he was one of the founders of Canadian Literature and its first circulation manager.
Basil Stuart-Stubbs was a librarian’s librarian
by Dean Giustini.
Doctoral Student Position at Canadian Literature
May 9, 2012
CanLit Guides Coordinator
Canadian Literature (CL) is in the second year of developing an online resource guide on Canadian literature for classroom use. CanLit Guides (CLG) offers a modular approach to learning about both classic and contemporary Canadian literature, drawing extensively from CL’s archives. CLG is an ongoing project, but as part of the development phase, CL is looking for a doctoral student to assist with the transition of the project into the third year. The duties of this position will be assisting to refine and expand CLG. This position will involve research and writing, as well as the integration, implementation, and evaluation of CLG in UBC classrooms.
Duties:
- proofread CLG before release for classroom use in September;
- create a student evaluation survey, conduct the survey, and compile feedback;
- co-ordinate and conduct focus groups and gather feedback from the instructors;
- analyze various assessments and data;
- attend classes to assist instructors with implementing CLG;
- participate in committee meetings to help plan expansion of CLG;
- assist with writing an interim and final report;
- assist with writing a grant application;
- communicate with web developer regarding changes to CLG;
- develop and write new modules to expand CLG.
Qualifications:
- Independent and self-motivated worker.
- UBC Doctoral Student studying in the field of Canadian or other literatures, pedagogy, rhetoric, or language.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Basic computer skills required; experience with HTML and writing for the web an asset.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Familiarity with CL and/or canlit.ca an asset.
- Some teaching and demonstrated literary research skills an asset.
- Must be able to come to the CL offices, weekly, to work.
Details:
Wage: $22.00/hr.
Position date: July 2012 to March 2013 (part-time)
There’s potential for a TA position in the Fall 2013 semester dependent upon grant funding renewal.
Application deadline: June 11, 2012
Application package to include:
- Cover letter;
- Resume;
- A 250-word original account of how to write for the web, aimed at first-year literature students and suitable for posting online.
Please send your application package to:
Donna Chin
Managing Editor
Canadian Literature, c/o UBC
6303 NW Marine Drive, Rm 8
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
For more information, contact Donna Chin at 604-822-2780 or donna.chin@ubc.ca.
