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Author Cooley, Dennis, 1944-

Title By word of mouth : the poetry of Dennis Cooley / selected with an introduction by Nicole Markotić and an afterword by Dennis Cooley.

Publication Info. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 61 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Laurier poetry series
Laurier poetry series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Contents Foreword, Neil Besner; Biographical Note; Introduction; A Poem for You, Leaving Winnipeg; anaeurysm; " & we are skinbags of heated water dreaming"; in his tangerine skin; the love song of j l krafchenko or the trans canada in (trance crypt; Sonya Orlowsky; Paul sd; Exorcism; I think "ego"; ergo I am; labiarinth; anatomy of love; prairie romance; behind the door; moon musings; holy cow; inner ear; my eye; melodious rhyme; he replies to his critics; breathless; "In Germany cooley is a migrant labourer"; "Wished we had the camera for David"; winnipeg in winter.
Summary Dennis Cooley, one of Canada's most prominent poets, says writing becomes political when you play with certain kinds of voices. His poetry has been influenced and inspired by the prairies and other Canadian poets, but he insists on disturbing the formal poetic inheritance he esteems. His engagement with a variety of speaking voices asks that readers question authority and challenge institutional privilege. In By Word of Mouth, a collection from across his career, readers will discover how Cooley returns to the prairie vernacular and speaks to Canadian identity. Poetry, says Cooley, is about ou.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Englishman, Michael, 1921-
Englishman, Michael, 1921-
Englishman, Michael, 1921-
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Netherlands -- Personal narratives.
Netherlands.
Genre/Form Personal narratives.
Chronological Term 1939 - 1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Poetry.
Poetry.
Personal narratives.
Added Author Markotić, Nicole.
Other Form: Print version: Cooley, Dennis, 1944- By word of mouth. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2007 9781554580071 1554580072 (OCoLC)122706994
ISBN 9781554580071
1554580072
9781429480352 (electronic book)
1429480351 (electronic book)
128090805X
9781280908057
9781554581108
1554581109