The Signal Anthology
Category: poetry books| October 22nd, 2008
Michael Harris – The Signal Anthology
Author: Michael Harris – ISBN: 1550650386 : 9781550650389 | Format: Paperback | Size: 155×230mm | Pages: 344 | Weight: .514 Kg. | Published: IPG (Véhicule Press) – January 1993 | List Price: 16 EURO | Availability: In Print | Subjects: Poetry texts & anthologies
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This exciting collection of contemporary Canadian poetry includes work by Don Coles, Rhea Tregebov, Ann Diamond, Marie-Claire Blais, Peter Dale Scott, David Solway, Jan Conn, and George Ellenbogen.
On Susan Glickman: “One of the finest of the new generation of Canadian writers.” — Journal of Commonwealth Literature
On Charlotte Hussey: “A modern Maenad, a Dionysiac reveller for whom language is as much a means of intoxication as expression; a poet who understands her craft.” –Vancouver Sun
On Michael Harris: His “imagery is superb; his poems should be required reading for the hordes of poetasters churning out old clichés.” –Canadian Author and Bookman
From the Introduction of Signal Editions: Contemporary Canadian Poetry. Edited by Michael Harris
The poets in this anthology have all appeared in – or have manuscripts set to be published by – the Signal Editions poetry series of Véhicule Press inaugurated by Publisher Simon Dardick and myself in 1982. For ten years Signal has drawn to its imprint an eclectic array of extraordinarily interesting poets – some fine ‘new’ voices, some internationally well-regarded writers. The poets live in Victoria, Montreal, and in Boston, Gainesville, and Berkeley. A number of them come from elsewhere, or spend a lot of time in England, Venezuela, Greece, Japan, Lebanon, Brazil, and the United States. (It is not accidental that a small, but vital part of Signal’s publishing program is translation.) Perhaps the poets in this book – who have come from, or live in such a variety of places – are just the ones to look to, to begin to discover where at least part of this country’s rich and varied cultural future lies.
My impulse from the outset was to look for work that was of the highest rank in terms of craft and use of language. I wanted insight and revelation – clear evidence of life lived, and then caught and transformed – in work that stirred and exhilarated.
For Signal, to judge by what the first ten years have produced, the next decade looks very bright indeed.
Michael Harris, Montreal, August 1993
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Michael Harris – New & Selected Poems
Author: Michael Harris | ISBN: 1550650297 : 9781550650297 | Format: Paperback | Size: 155×230mm | Pages: 204 | Weight: .326 Kg. | Published: IPG (Véhicule Press) – January 1992 | List Price: 12 EURO | Availability: In Print | Subjects: Poetry texts & anthologies
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A substantial collection of poems by Michael Harris. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Canadian Forum, Poetry Canada Review, Matrix, New England Review/Breadloaf Quarterly, Vanderbilt Poetry Review, The Antigonish Review and many other journals here and abroad. His book credits include Sparks [1976]; Grace [1977]; and In Transit [1985], all of which have poems included in this volume. Twice, Michael Harris has been a prize-winner in the CBC Literary Competitions for “Turning Out the Light” in 1985 and “Spring Descending” in 1989, both of which are included in this edition. Veiled Countries/Lives [1984], his translation of the complete poetic works of Marie-Claire Blais, was a finalist for the John Glasco Translation Prize. The publication by VLB Editeur of a bilingual edition of Miss Emily et la Mort [1984] by Michael Harris was a Canadian breakthrough. For the very first time, a francophone publisher presented a book by an English Quebec poet.
Michael Harris has written six books of poetry, including New and Selected Poems (1994). He has edited several anthologies, most recently The Signal Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Poetry (1993; 2nd ed. 1997). He has twice been a prize-winner in the CBC Literary Competition, winning First Prize for Poetry in 1988. He has edited over fifty poetry books for his Signal Editions imprint (Vehicule Press, Montreal). He has given over two hundred readings of his poetry in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, France, England, Scotland, the U.S. and throughout Canada. A selection of his work appears in French as Miss Emily et la Mort (VLB editeur, 1985). He has translated the complete poetry of Marie-Claire Blais (Veiled Countries\ Lives). His poetry has appeared in the U.S. (The Atlantic Monthly, New England Review), in Ireland (Cyphers), France (Traduction), and widely in Canadian periodicals. He has taught Poetry, Literature and Film courses at Dawson College, and Creative Writing courses at McGill and Concordia Universities. He is currently editing the Montreal Books Press and the Signal International Broadside Series, and is completing a book of poems entitled Circus. He runs www.montrealbooks.com, a rare and used Internet bookshop.
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