2009

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Eunoia

The word ‘eunoia,’ which literally means ‘beautiful thinking,’ is the shortest word in English that contains all five vowels. Directly inspired by the Oulipo … 120 View

Lisa Robertson’s Magenta Soul Whip

Verses, essays, confessions, reports, translations, drafts, treatises, laments and utopias, 1995–2007. Collected by Elisa Sampedrin. Lisa Robertson writes poems that mine the past – … 103 View

Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

In this artfully crafted collection, Soraya Mariam Peerbaye leaps onto the stage with aplomb. She examines how naming expresses our relationship with each other and the natural world and how … 99 View

True Concessions

Winner, Archibald Lampman Poetry Award and Ottawa Book Award These poems chart moments where the beauty of life is glimpsed like a carnival through a crack in a fence. The verse is full of living … 76 View
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Lucite – Early Education – The Story – A Hotel – After Trees – First Spontaneous Horizontal Restaurant – Wooden Houses 38 $3.80 Add
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Chapter A

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Part 1

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Candyman – Pegged – The Dance – Coming Out – Side-by-Side – April 20 – Fast-Forward – Extension I – Extension II – Window Dressing 17 $1.70 Add
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South coast, Mauritius

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South coast, Mauritius 2 $0.20 Add
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From: Lisa Robertson’s Magenta Soul Whip

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Draft of a Voice-Over for Split-Screen Video Loop – The Stricture – About 1836 – A Modest Treatise – On Painting 28 $2.80 Add
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Chapter E

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Curios: Poems for K.

From: Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

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Zistoire – Pistasse – Disque – Caméra – Armonica – Stéthescope – Agram-bagram – Mangue – Pomme – Sansons – Scrabble 22 $2.20 Add
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Part 2

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Black Box Blues – Early Reports – Tempted – Place Royale – Overheard – Playoffs – How to Trim Squid – Suits – Concession – A Year Away … 20 $2.00 Add
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From: Lisa Robertson’s Magenta Soul Whip

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The Dogs of Dirk Bogarde – Lucy Hogg by Baudelaire – Coda: The Device 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter I

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Part 3

From: True Concessions

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Evolution – Spring Snow – Sea Goddess – The Balloon – Lessons from Horus – Sugar Bowl – Room for More – The Performance – The Chaperone 14 $1.40 Add
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Zistoires

From: Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

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First memory of memory – Fledging – Home remedy – Girl, rabbit – Goodness – Mercury – Depression as curio – Field of vision – Fulcrum – … 25 $2.50 Add