Trade Paperback
200 Pages, 7 x 8.5 x 0.5 in
October 17, 2008
Tightrope Books
0978335155
9780978335151
From the Publisher
This collection of graphic poems brings together eighteen works that fall somewhere between a graphic novel and poetic verse. Participating authors reside across the country and include Derek Beaulieu, Christian Bok, Lisa Foad and Carolyn Gordon, Stacey May Fowles and Marlena Zuber, Tim Gaze, Jake Kennedy, Mark Laliberte, Donato Mancini, Kevin Mcpherson Eckhoff, Gustave Morin, Marc Ngui, Paola Poletto, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Jen Pickering, and Sally McKay. Their poems tackle the broad topic of boredom: Is boredom a symptom of the absence of love? Does it suggest our present task is too easy? Inside, graphic doesnt always trump poetry and thus the ultimate tug of war isin the most captivating sensea real yawnyarn between word and image. We like images and we like words. With epigonic respect to Dada and concrete poetryand with of-the-moment admiration for the graphic novelwed like to think (we do think!) editors Jake Kennedy and Paola Poletto have collected something other. They are also flatlanders, mandalas, leg chewers, leaf-shakers, dogs, televisions, bricks, calligraphy, typefaces, remote controls, emblems, tazers, lightning bolts, hotels, and sinking cities. All of them sticking intrepidly an unwavering index into the hirsute gargoyle ear-well of boredom. Thus, only the most exhilarating and deathless community of boredom fighters around. Contributors:Derek BeaulieuChristian BokLisa FoadCarolyn GordonStacey May FowlesMarlena ZuberTim GazeJake KennedyMark LaliberteDonato ManciniKevin Mcpherson EckhoffMarc NguiPaola PolettoDaniel Scott TysdalJen PickeringSally McKay
About the Author
Jake Kennedy is a poet, prose writer, and teacher. His work has
appeared in a number of literary journals and anthologies. His
chapbook, Hazard, is published by BookThug. Jake currently teaches
in the English Department at Okanagan College.
Paola Poletto is an arts administrator, mixed media and
installation artist, writer and curator. Artist-led projects have
included Kiss Machine Magazine (co-founding publisher since 2000),
Inflatable Museum (on-line exhibit 2001-2004), Girls and Guns
(traveling exhibit Toronto-London, 2003;
Budapest-Albania-Montenegro & Serbia, 2004), and Robot
Landscapes (exhibit Toronto, 2004). She is senior director of
programs at Design Exchange, Canadas national center for design
(www.dx.org), where she oversees youth programs, professional
programs, exhibitions, museum collection and research. She is also
the director of digifest (www.dx.org/digifest), a festival of
design and media culture produced by Design Exchange in partnership
with the Ontario Science Centre and Harbourfront Centre.