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ShortCuts!: TAKE 1 – Canadian Poetry “In The Air” and “On The Page” (Post)

Posted June 23, 2023

LIVESAY: “But in the 30s there were absolutely no readings… I—we were much too embarrassed or shy even to read to each other. Everything was the printed word. And that is why the magazine was such an important thing… Poets were working together to produce a magazine, and to try and get an audience for […]

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Starting out from Véhicule Art (Post)

Posted February 4, 2022

How to introduce an introduction. How to warm the stage for the dates, facts, and anecdotes that are already presented in Stephen Morrissey’s reminiscences about Véhicule Art Inc. as an experimental forum for the performance of new poetry, in the 1970s, in Montreal. The Véhicule Poets—again, see post below for the who’s who—have maintained a […]

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ShortCuts!: TAKE 1 – Canadian Poetry “In The Air” and “On The Page” (Post)

Starting out from Véhicule Art (Post)