Kootenay School of Writing, Vancouver BC

Resources
A collection of KSW resources, includes writings, poetics, manifesta, polemics, instructives, chronologies, lists, bibliographies, pedagogies, histories, personnel, interviews, contradictions, images, ephemera, re- and de- mystifications, 10 to 100% trus

A collection of KSW resources, includes writings, poetics, manifesta, polemics, instructives, chronologies, lists, bibliographies, pedagogies, revisions, histories, personnel, interviews, contradictions, images, ephemera, re- and de- mystifications.

If you have any KSW-related material you would be willing to contribute, please contact us.

Documents
Images
Lists
Poetry
Reviews
Who KSW?

Documents

Statement on Poetics for the New Poetics Colloquium
Charles Bernstein's poem "BEING A STATEMENT ON POETICS FOR THE NEW POETICS COLLOQUIUM OF THE KOOTENAY SCHOOL OF WRITING, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AUGUST 1985"
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Introduction to Writing Class: The Kootenay School of Writing Anthology
Introduction to the controversial anthology of KSW-associated poets.
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North Of
Jeff Derksen's review of North of Intention, by Steve McCaffery. Also contains an articulation of the KSW's poetics, within the context of Canadian literary nationalism.
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Because I Am Always Talking
Peter Culley's essay about the oral literary culture in Vancouver, in relation to the literary programme of the Western Front. Begins with a revealing description of an early Kevin Davies reading.
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KSW Convocation, 1996
Colin Smith's speech for the KSW Convocation ceremony in 1996.
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From an interview with Gerald Creede
Excerpts of Aaron Vidaver's interview with Gerald Creede, conducted on June 23, 2000 at Corazón, Vancouver, following the launch of W2.
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City of Ziggurats [Kootenay School of Writing's Funding], 1998
Lisa Robertson's article on the 1997 funding crisis of the KSW.
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Ondaatje's KSW Fundraiser, May 13 1998
Text copy of the original press release for the KSW benefit reading given by Michael Ondaatje in 1998.
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Inside the Kootenay School of Writing, 1987
Journalistic article about the KSW by Calvin Wharton, published in Cross-Canada Writers' Quarterly in 1987
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The KSW Student's View, 1987
Interview-article by Cross-Canada Writers' Quarterly, published with Calvin Wharton's KSW article in 1987.
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Brick 27: Hustling at the New Poetics Colloquium
Paulette Jiles' unsympathetic reportage on the "deconstructionist" New Poetics Colloquium, published in BRICK 27.
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Brick 28: Responding to Hustling at the New Poetics Colloquium
Pauline Butling's reply to Paulette Jiles, in a Letter to the Editor published in BRICK 28.
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Sitting in a bar on Commercial drive recently Dorothy Trujillo Lusk asked me why we had been asked to read at a launch of Dorothy Livesay's marginal poetry or, My ex-boss's anthology
Clint Burnham writes about the poetry of Dorothy Trujillo Lusk and Gerald Creede.
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The Women (first reel), on Susan Clark
Ted Byrne writes about the poetry of Susan Clark, in response to the controversies surrounding the Writing Class anthology.
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17 Anecdotes re: and not re: Martin Bartlett (or Some Pragmatics of the composer/performer)
Herb Levy writes about the composer and performer Martin Bartlett, and performances of Schwitters' Ur Sonata by Christopher Butterfield and Jaap Blonk.
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Images

KSW Locations History
Images of places the KSW has resided, has held events in the past or which were important in some way to the KSW community.
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David Thompson University Centre
DTUC 1989 - 1983
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Polaroids by Lary Bremner
Polaroid close-ups of KSW affiliates taken by Lary Bremner in the late 1980s.
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KSW People 1985 - 2007
Photos of people at the Kootenay School of Writing throughout the years.
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KSW Ephemera
An album of flyers, handbills, posters, and other KSW promotional materials.
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The Founding of the Kootenay School of Writing
Moments before the groundbreaking.
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Gerald Creede in Jeff Wall's photo "Milk"
Gerald Creede featured in this famous photograph by Vancouver photoconceptualist Jeff Wall. Attests to the onetime closeness of the poetics and contemporary arts communities in Vancouver.
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Dorothy Trujillo Lusk and Tom Osborne and ? In Jeff Wall's photo "Mimic"
Dorothy Trujillo Lusk and Tom Osborne and ? In Jeff Wall's photo "Mimic".
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Lists

KSW events chronology, 1998 - 2002
A full list of all the events held at the KSW from 1998 - 2002
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KSW Chronology, 1978 - 1996
We are working on a detailed chronology of the KSW, a project that will take some time to complete. This is what we have so far. Suggestions/contributions welcome.
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Culley's Essentials
Peter Culley's list of 75 of maybe 150 essential texts.
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Other Small Publishers and Chapbook Presses
Tsunami Editions is not, of course, the only small press that has supported the work that emerged from, or in connection with, the KSW. Here are the bibliographies of some micro presses that have made significant contributions.
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Poetry

Twenty One
Peter Culley's first chapbook of poems, published in June 1980 by Oolichan Books/Llorens & Sons in Nanaimo, B.C. Thanks to Rob Manery for the electronic copy of the book.
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LATERAL ARGUMENT
A facsimile edition of the first published chapbook of Kevin Davies' poem Lateral Argument, by Baretta Books in 2003. Legend has it that of the projected 250 copies only 50 were produced before the publisher died of a narcotics overdose
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Front Magazine - Giantesses
Facsimile of the issue of the Western Front's FRONT magazine (July / August 1992) devoted to work by and about the Giantesses. Featuring: Judith Copithorne, Maxine Gadd, Jam. Ismail, Lisa Robertson, Rhoda Rosenfeld, Trudy Rubenfeld, and Catriona Strang. Edited by Judy Radul and Hank Bull.
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ROUGH BUSH - Deanna Ferguson
Download the /ubu editions publication of Deanna Ferguson's second book Rough Bush. Produced by Brian Kim Stefans.
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Reviews

A Flock of What Resonates
Lisa Robertson's review of The Climax Forest, Peter Culley's first longer book, most copies of which were destroyed by flood not long after publication. The review begins with a coherent statement of the KSW's relation to a concept of Canadian literary nationalism.
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Under the Logos of the Blue Mule
Michael Barnholden's discussion of Roy Kiyooka's publishing practices and serial poetry.
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Rearticulating And Rendering Visible The Toxicities Of Class Relations?
The Publisher's Weekly notice/review of Writing Class
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Reading Colin Smith's Multiple Poses
Kevin Killian wrote the only published review of Colin Smith's book Multiple Poses (Tsunami 1997). From Raddle Moon 18 (Spring 2000).
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Who KSW?

KSW Boiler Room
Names of almost everyone who has ever been a member of the KSW Collective.
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KSW Front Room
Names of KSW-associated writers.
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Links

Links to external websites with significant Kootenay School of Writing content or connections

A non-exhaustive list of links to external websites with significant Kootenay School of Writing content or connections.

Artist-Run Centres
Audio
Documents
Individuals
Periodicals, Magazines, E-Zines, etc.
Presses
Reviews
Works

Artist-Run Centres

Sub-Text
Seattle's version of the KSW, founded by Robert Mittenthal. Their poetry archive includes links to work by Susan Clark, Peter Culley, Kathryn MacLeod, Robert Mittenthal, Catriona Strang, and Lissa Wolsack

Artspeak
a Vancouver Artist-Run Centre, founded as an offshoot of the KSW

Helen Pitt Gallery
a Vancouver Artist-Run Centre where numerous KSW events have been held

Or Gallery
a Vancouver Artist-Run Centre that has been co-housed with the KSW

Western Front
a Vancouver Artist-Run Centre where many KSW related events have been held

Spartacus Books
Vancouver's volunteer-run radical bookstore, where the KSW currently holds most of its readings

Slought Foundation
arts centre in Philidelphia

Audio

PENNsound
the web's foremost audio poetry resource, includes recordings of Robin Blaser, Louis Cabri, Kevin Davies, Steve McCaffery, and Lisa Robertson

Ubu Web
the web's greatest resource for contermporary lit and art, includes a fair quanitity of valuable audio

Documents

Monoecious House
includes pdfs of Reg Johansen's chapbook Chips, and Dorothy Trujillo Lusk's Sleek Vinyl Drill

Precocious
the precocious Stephen Collis

Seeing in the Dark
an interview with Pauline Butling and Susan Rudy

Woodsquat
the incredible Woodwards action issue of West Coast Line, edited by Aaron Vidaver

Write a Poem/Make it Weirder
an interview with Dorothy Trujillo Lusk by Donato Mancini, on Jacket Magazine

Disgust and Overdetermination
Jeff Derksen edited this special issue of Open Letter

SwiftCurrent
a note by Karl Jirgens on Fred Wah and Frank Davey's SwiftCurrent, the world's first poetry e-journal, on UbuWeb

Hole Magazine
Louis Cabri writes about the lit zine he edited with Rob Manery

Philly Talks, Interviews and Readings
Jeff Derksen & Ron Silliman, Brian Kim Stefans & Fred Wah, Dan Farrell & P. Inman, Kevin Davies & Diane Ward, Sianne Ngai & Abigail Child, Steve McCaffrey & Lisa Robertson, and Karen MacCormack & Allen Fisher.

Lissa Wolsack/Tom Beckett
interview with Lissa Wolsak by Tom Beckett, on the Alterran Poetry Assemblage

"Ardor is its undermost shaping"
interview with Lissa Wolsak by Kent Johnson, on Vert

A Different Table Altogether
Roger Farr and Aaron Vidaver interview P.Inman, on Slought.org.

Critbody, Jeff Derksen
a statement of poetics, on Derksen's personal website

Clea Ainsworth on the KSW
1997 article on the KSW from The Peak, Simon Fraser University's student newspaper.

J.Wiens KSW Ph.D.
Database entry for Jason Wiens' Ph.D. dissertation on the history, community and poetics of the KSW.

Lives Together
Biography of J.Derksen & History of KSW

Individuals

Colin Browne filmography
National Film Board page for Colin Browne, includes a link to his filmography

Farrther
writings by Roger Farr

Global Telelanguage Resources
digital poetics project of Dave Ayre and Andrew Klobucar

Mosses from an Old Manse
Peter Culley's blog, includes many new poems

My New Idea
Jeff Derksen's personal website, includes a number of poems and a statement of poetics

The News
online presence of Meredith and Peter Quartermain

Periodicals, Magazines, E-Zines, etc.

((((((((( The Alterran Poetry Assemblage )))))))))
a great web-zine, with at least one KSW name in almost every issue, includes works by Lissa Wolsack, Robert Mittenthal, Kevin Davies, Karen Mac Cormack, Lisa Robertson, Meredith Quartermain, Christine Stewart.

Capilano Review
a key west coast institutional lit journal, has published Dave Ayre, Dodie Bellamy, Colin Browne, Margot Leigh Butler, Louis Cabri, Judith Copithorne, Peter Culley, Deanna Ferguson, Maxine Gadd, Gerry Gilbert, Kevin Killian, Roy Kiyooka, Karen Mac Cormack

Chain
includes writings by many KSW affiliated writers

How2 Vancouver
includes writing by Kathryn MacLeod, Meredith Quartermain, Christine Stewart and Lissa Wolsack

The Rain Review of Books
originally published by Michael Barnholden, now published by Aaron Vidaver - includes book reviews by many KSW members past and present

What's News
includes writings by Rhoda Rosenfeld, Robert Mittenthal, Roy Miki, Colin Browne

West Coast Line
crucial west coast review founded by Roy Miki that publishes work by many KSW affiliated writers

Parser
Rogerr Farr's e-zine of new poetry and poetics

Presses

Perro Verlag
Published a chapbook by Donato Mancini

Arsenal Pulp Press
publisher of books by Dennis Denisoff, Dorothy Trujillo Lusk, Kevin Killian,

BookThug
publisher of books by Stephen Collis, Gerry Gilbert, Lisa Robertson

Coach House Books
publishers of books by Michael Barnholden, George Bowering, Louis Cabri, Dennis Denisoff, Dan Farrell, Maxine Gadd, Gerry Gilbert, Steve McCaffery, Nancy Shaw & Catriona Strang, Fred Wah

Edge Books
publisher of Kevin Davies' second and best book '.comp'

Krupskaya
publisher of books by Dan Farrell, Kevin Killlian, Norma Cole and Dorothy Trujillo Lusk

Meow Press
publisher of books by Lisa Robertson, Meredith Quartermain, Deanna Ferguson, Dodie Bellamy & Bob Harrison, Dodie Bellamy, Dan Farrell.

New Star Books
publishers of books by Maxine Gadd, Lisa Robertson, Stephen Collis, Peter Culley, Donato Mancini, and of the KSW anthology Writing Class, edited by Andrew Klobucar and Michael Barnholden

NeWest Press
publisher of books by Meredith Quartermain, Fred Wah

Nomados
the Quartermains' chapbook press, including work by Nancy Shaw & Catriona Strang, Renee Rodin, Lisa Robertson, Robin Blaser

Roof Books
publisher of work by Steve McCaffery and Lissa Wolsack

Red Deer Press
publisher of books by Roy Miki, Fred Wah, Jonathon Wilcke

Talonbooks
publisher of books by Michael Barnholden, Jeff Derksen, Renee Rodin, Dorothy Trujillo Lusk (pulped), Colin Browne, Robin Blaser, George Bowering, Roy Miki, Warren Tallman, Steve McCaffery, Charles Watts, Edward Bryne, Fred Wah, Roy Kiyooka

Reviews

ANNE TARDOS, CAT LICKED THE GARLIC
Karl Young reviews Anne Tardos' Cat Licked the Garlic

Writing Class in Kevin Davies’ Comp.
Jonathon Fedors writes about Kevin Davies' "Comp."

Kevin Davies, ".comp"
reviewed by Brian Kim Stefans

Dan Farrell, Last Instance
reviewed by Brian Kim Stefans

Dan Farrell, Last Instance
reviewed on Langniappe

Writing Class
reviewed by Brian Kim Stefans.

LAST INSTANCE
Brian Kim Stefans reviews Last Instance by Dan Farrell

Writing Class
damningly reviewed by Christopher Levenson on Canadian Literature

Jeff Derksen, Transnational Muscle Cars
reviewed by Brian Kim Stefans

Lisa Robertson, Rousseau's Boat
reviewed by Steve Evans

Nancy Shaw & Catriona Strang, Busted
reviewed by Brian Kim Stefans

W1
reviewed by PVP, in Broken Pencil

THE WEATHER
Tim Allen reviews The Weather by Lisa Robertson

Writing Class
reviewed by James Hörner

XECLOGUE
Marita Daschel reviews XEclogue by Lisa Robertson

Works

A Duncan Etude
essay by Stephen Collis, on Jacket Magazine

Ligature
a work by Donato Manicni, on Craig Dworkin's mobile anthology of unpublishhable writings, Eclipse

Grave Passions
a scholarly paper on Victorian poet Charlotte Mew, by Dennis Denisoff

The Inkblot Record
a flash version by Brian Kim Stefans of Dan Farrell's third book The Inkblot Record, on UbuWeb

Lateral Argument
an early version of the poem that became Kevin Davies' third book, on the Alterran Poetry Assemblage

Pause Button
pdf of Kevin Davies' first book Pause Button, originally published by Tsunami Editions, on UbuWeb

The Relative Minor
pdf of Deanna Ferguson's first book, originally published by Tsunami Editions, on Ubu Web

Rough Bush and Other Poems
pdf of Deanna Ferguson's unpublished second book, on UbuWeb

Wax World
a poem by Robert Mittenthal, on the Alterran Poetry Assemblage

Wooden Houses
a poem by Lisa Robertson, on Jacket Magazine

What to do about Globalism
A poem by Jeff Derksen, from Transnational Muscle Cars

Monday, May 20, 2013

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