A Few Sharp Sticks (Trade Paper)

Dedora, Brian

ISBN 10: 1551281538 / ISBN 13: 9781551281537

Published by The Mercury Press & Teksteditions, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Few Sharp Sticks (Trade Paper)
• Publisher: The Mercury Press & Teksteditions
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551281538
• ISBN 13: 9781551281537
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

“This novel/this poem/this manifesto/this encyclopedia/this essay/this inkblot/ this memoir is the latest installment in Brian Dedora’s increasingly audacious experiments in narrative. Unflinchingly, he explores the possibilities of a gay perspective while exploding the assumptions of a straight alphabet. A Few Sharp Sticks will be a different book for every reader...’” — STUART ROSS, author of Snowball, Dragonfly, Jew “...here are twenty-six sharp sticks, riffs on sentences from a law book on voluntary associations, each begetting its (lower-case) companion, together generating a loose set of not-quite-voluntary associations, little time-bombs... Brian Dedora has crafted a genuine contribution not just to the body (and mind!) of Gay writing, but to Canadian writing and indeed to writing itself. A Few Sharp Sticks teaches us something of how to lead our lives, how to feel, how to think.” — PETER QUARTERMAIN, Emeritus Professor of English

About the Author

British Columbia-born Brian Dedora is a writer and performance artist whose work has been anthologized and widely published in special and limited editions. His books include A Slice of Voice at the Edge of Hearing, which was shortlisted for the ReLit and George Ryga Awards, as well as White Light.