Please, No More Poetry: The Poetry of derek beaulieu
About this ebook
As the publisher of first housepress and, more recently, No Press, beaulieu has continually highlighted the possibilities for experimental work in a variety of writing communities. His own work can be classified as visual poetry, as concrete poetry, as conceptual work, and beyond. His work is not to be read in any traditional sense, as it challenges the very idea of reading; rather, it may be understood as a practice that forces readers to reconsider what they think they know. As beaulieu continues to push himself in new directions, readers will appreciate the work that he has created to date, much of which has become unavailable in Canada.
With an introduction by Kit Dobson and an interview with derek beaulieu by Lori Emerson as an afterword, Please, No More Poetry offers readers an opportunity to gain access to a complex experimental poetic practice through thirty-five selected representative works.
About the author
derek beaulieu is the author of five books of poetry, three volumes of conceptual fiction, and over 150 chapbooks. beaulieu teaches at the Alberta College of Art + Design and Mount Royal University.
Kit Dobson is a faculty member in the English Department of Calgary’s Mount Royal College. He studied at the Universities of Victoria, York (UK), and Toronto, and has published in periodicals such as Studies in Canadian Literature, Open Letter, Callaloo, and English Studies in Canada. Transnational Canadas is his first book-length work.
