Err (Blewointment Books) - Softcover

Rhodes, Shane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889712565 ISBN 13: 9780889712560

Publisher: Blewointment, 2011

Synopsis

Sex, booze, war and wordplay collide loquaciously in Err, the latest collection from innovative and accomplished poet Shane Rhodes. Equally amusing and stunning with his joyful manipulation of language and his stark portrayals of disease and oppression, Rhodes tackles everything from AIDS to martinis with style, wit and clarity.

The book is divided into four themed sections, each of which focuses on a different sphere of life and creativity. "Spirits" amends the current scarcity of drinking poems with humourous, effervescent musings, whereas "Bodies" looks at the ravages of sex, disease and death. "The Cloud Chamber" traces the breakdown of language and sound into poems that interrogate letters, phonemes and jargon, while "Dark Matter" investigates new ways of writing and thinking about poetry.

A master of alliteration, allusion, rhyme and rhythm, Rhodes shakes up a verbal cocktail of vibrant musicality that appeals to the imagination and remains in the memory. This distinctive collection makes for delightful, unusual and engaging reading.

About this title

About the Author

Shane Rhodes is the author of six collections of poetry, including The Wireless Room, which won the Alberta Book Award for poetry; Tengo Sed; Holding, which won the Archibald Lampman Award; and The Bindery, which won the Lampman-Scott Award. His poetry has also appeared in a number of Canadian poetry anthologies including Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets and Breathing Fire 2. Rhodes lives in Ottawa, Ontario.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blewointment
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889712565
• ISBN 13: 9780889712560
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96