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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Lista, Michael, 1983-     Subjects     Canadian poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     Canadian poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism.     American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     American poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism.     Canadian essays -- 21st century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lista, Michael, 1983-       by title:      Strike anywhere : es...       by call number:      819.1609 L773s     Search the Web     Lista, Michael, 1983-     Canadian poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     Canadian poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism.     American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     American poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism.     Canadian essays -- 21st century.       MARC Display

Strike anywhere : essays, reviews & other arsons / Michael Lista. by Lista, Michael, 1983- The Porcupine's Quill, 2016. Call #: 819.1609 L773s Subjects Canadian poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.   Canadian poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism.   American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.   American poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism.   Canadian essays -- 21st century. ISBN:  9780889843929 (pbk.) Description:  223 p. ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  'I'd like to think that I'm polarizing, the way a battery is,' explains Michael Lista in this collection of essays and reviews, 'energizing the flashlight by which you read in the dark.' In his self-described 'arsons', Michael Lista assesses with equal fire our literary darlings (Anne Carson, Don McKay), talented veterans (Steven Heighton, David McGimpsey) and promising newcomers (Stevie Howell, Aisha Sasha John) of the poetic genre. He depicts a literary institution pathologically averse to the sustenance of a traditional repertoire, and addicted to the empty calories of poet experiments. Popular culture, too, falls prey to Lista's jaundiced eye, from the public outbursts of Kanye West to the receptacle of American anxieties that is The Walking Dead. Strike Anywhere acknowledges the inherent contradiction of poetic expression-that its power lies in its uselessness-but also recognizes that poets are nonetheless, the happy few, the unacknowledged legislators of the world. With thoughtfulness, wit and considerable humour, Michael Lista tackles the moral and aesthetic implications of storytelling, from boob-tube blockbusters to the latest volume of verse. Michael Lista is a Canadian poet, editor, critic, and non-fiction writer. He is the author of two collections of poetry: Bloom (2010) and The Scarborough (2014). He served as poetry editor of The Walrus and as poetry columnist for The National Post. His non-fiction appears in The Atlantic, Slate, The Walrus and Toronto Life. He lives in Toronto. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 819.1609 L773s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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