Back Principles: A Book of Spiritual Fatigue - Softcover

Bett, Stephen

9781609643102: Back Principles: A Book of Spiritual Fatigue

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ISBN 10: 1609643100 ISBN 13: 9781609643102

Publisher: Blazevox Books, 2018

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Poetry. Like all of Stephen Bett's recent books of poetry, this, his 22nd,is a serial poem, "minimalist" in its poetics, and subtle enough to sustain repeated readings. The title is self-explanatory: poems journeying between poles, searching out the buddha and the christ. There are no (cheap) instant gratification "I found its" here. There never could be of course; it's all journey, all the time.

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About the Author

Stephen Bett is a widely and internationally published Canadian poet. His earlier work is known for its sassy, edgy, hip... caustic wit--indeed, for the askance look of the serious satirist... skewering what he calls the vapid monoculture' of our times. His more recent books have been called an incredible accomplishment for their authentic minimalist subtlety. Many are tightly sequenced book-length 'serial' poems, which allow for a rich echoing of cadence and image, building a wonderfully subtle, nuanced music. Bett follows in the avant tradition of Don Allen's New American Poets. Hence the mandate for Simon Fraser University's Contemporary Literature Collection to purchase and archive his "personal papers" for scholarly use. He is recently retired after a 31-year teaching career largely at Langara College in Vancouver, and now lives with his wife Katie in Victoria, BC.

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