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Browsing Archive: October, 2010 RespondencyWest 2010 Posted by Nikki Reimer on Sunday, October 31, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such RespondencyWest 2010 http://respondencywest.wordpress.com/ http://www.kswnet.org The KSW with the support of the Canada Council is very proud to provide another RespondencyWest series, based on Margaret Christakos’ ongoing lecture and reading series The Influency Salon. We are indebted to her continued investigations into community, learning and sharing of poetic knowledge. All events will take place at the People’s Co-Op Bookstore, 1391 Commercial Drive, where the books by these authors w... Continue reading ... still my favourite found poem of all time Posted by Nikki Reimer on Friday, October 22, 2010, In : poetry & poetics Life The Principal Sum. Both Hands The Principal Sum. Both Feet The Principal Sum. Entire Sight of Both Eyes The Principal Sum. One Hand and One Foot The Principal Sum. One Hand and the Entire Sight of One Eye The Principal Sum. One Foot and the Entire Sight of One Eye The Principal Sum. Speech and Hearing in Both Ears The Principal Sum. One Arm Three-Quarters of The Principal Sum. One Leg Three-Quarters of The Principal Sum. One Hand Three-Quarters of The Principal Sum. One Foot Three-Quarters of The Principal Sum... Continue reading ... Review of kevin mcpherson eckhoff's Game Show Reversed Posted by Nikki Reimer on Friday, October 22, 2010, In : Book Review Posted to Lemon Hound on Monday, October 18 book review reversed And as usual, the Book Thug chap is a perfect objet d’arte. Lick it. Love it. Read it. Wear it. Though la letter fits. (That last utterance was spousoid again, not eckhoff.) “Are there no poets with their name beginning in G?” That, and it’s a pleasurable read. Sometimes I get frustrated by conceptual works, but here is one that brings a focus on language and utterance to the fore. “You said a mouthful.” Surely Yankovic c... Continue reading ... Existentiality & the Breath Line in Artie Gold’s “some of the cat poems” Posted by Nikki Reimer on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, In : poetry & poetics Posted to Meta-Talon on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 by Nikki Reimer “There is, incidentally, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person.”* -Dan Greenberg Though allergic, Artie Gold lived with up to 3 cats at a time, if his autobiographically-arranged poetry is to be believed, & he seems to have regarded them with simultaneous bemused detachment & impassioned affection. An introduction credited to “The shortstop of the heart” (perhaps either Cat or Gold himsel... Continue reading ... For the Love of Elephants Posted by Nikki Reimer on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, In : Animals/Animal Orgs/Animal Welfare On Thursday I am going to come home from work and watch this Nature of Things documentary. I'll prolly cry a bunch, too. That's how I roll. For the Love of Elephants - Trailer from Make Believe Media on Vimeo. Continue reading ... Ted Baryluk's Grocery \| NFB film Posted by Nikki Reimer on Monday, October 11, 2010, In : Ukrainians Via Anu. I just watched this video and cried and cried and cried. Ted's friend Stefan's funny face and small stature reminded my of my great-Dido, and I haven't heard those Slavic dulcet-toned English phrases in 24 years since my great-grandparents died within 9 months of each other. I haven't heard Ukrainian spoken regularly since my grandfather died in 1992 and Baba could only talk in her mother's tongue to the ladies at church. Ted in this film talks the way my great-grandparents talked... Continue reading ... my head is huge Posted by Nikki Reimer on Monday, October 11, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such Literary Death Match on W2TV from Sid Tan on Vimeo. Continue reading ... Literary Death Match Vancouver \| October 8 @W2Storyeum Posted by Nikki Reimer on Sunday, October 3, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such Vancouver LDM100: October 8, 2010 Save a few bucks - buy tickets now! We've been eyeballing our northern neighbor for Literary Death Match purposes since this whole shindig began — but now, finally, we are beyond eager to (finally) make our LDM debut in Canada, with LDM100: Vancouver! Boasting a kneecap-tingling assortment of literary and humorous dextrousness, the flair-fueied evening will feature eclectic judges like Talent Time host Paul Anthony, the dazzling comedian/actor Diana Frances, an... Continue reading ... « Back to posts		Blog Archive May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011 September 2011 October 2011 Subscribe to this blog This blog by Nikki Reimer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.