Don't Expect the Sun to Shine - Softcover

Rathwell, Richard E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1926716647 ISBN 13: 9781926716640

Verlag: 8th House Publishing, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

Authors Richard Rathwell and Harold Rhenisch offer a new perspective on the works of the late American-Canadian poet Robin Blaser, who taught a generation of Canadian poets the techniques of blowing apart meaning, deriving significance from the arrangement of text on the page, and using pages as cloud chamber bowls. "Don't Expect the Sun to Shine: A Wake for Robin Blaser" is a record of the wake held in Blaser's honor, offering readers an opportunity to wander through the literary landscape he's left behind. These were called poems, but they were really scripts to tease the cognitive patterns of biological readers. Unlike book-based poetry, they did not interact with the technological constraints of books but with the neurological constraints of humans. Their purpose was to turn space into time. Their purpose was to stop death. Every poem was a wake. In Don't Expect the Sun to Shine, Rathwell and Rhenisch turn time back into space, creating an opportunity for readers to wander around freely and meet the biological history that controls their hike. As Rhenisch notes, "We want readers to wander around wherever they like. We don't control their hike. Their biological history does that. We are just hosting a party, so they can meet." Don't Expect the Sun to Shine responds to three ongoing trends in the development of written language in the age of images: the treatment of words as images in art writing, the evolution of criticism as a form of creativity that fails its potential because it remains enslaved to the academy, and the contemporary world of narrative fiction, which sees fictional worlds as the greatest truths, enjoys being dominated by normative narratives, and treats characters as clothing taken on for public display. Novels have become self-help, identity racks in a mall that you page through to find the one that fits. Then you wear it. - Harold Rhenisch A fitting tribute to Robin Blaser, his life's work, and his influence on Canadian poetry. "Don't Expect the Sun to Shine: A Wake for Robin Blaser" is a must-read for poetry enthusiasts and those interested in the intersection of literature and art.

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RICHARD RATHWELL was born in Ottawa, ON, in 1944. A student of Robin Blaser and Jerry Zazlov at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, Rathwell was arrested for his active life leading political organizations which ran afoul with authorities. Denounced in Parliament as a revolutionary for his involvement in the Gastown Riots, Rathwell has since taught English in Canada, Ireland, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho, and has worked in development aid in conflict areas, serving as international operations director of large NGO's based in Vienna and London. Rathwell has channelled his experiences into poetry, children's drama, short stories and novels, which have been published in Canada, the US, UK, Ireland, and Albania, and have won various national awards in Ireland, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe. He is currently a Doctoral candidate at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, and divides his time between London and Southern France.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: 8th House Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1926716647
• ISBN 13: 9781926716640
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 182
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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