The Glass Book

Lander, Tim

ISBN 10: 1896860621 / ISBN 13: 9781896860626

Published by Ekstasis Editions, 1999

About this Item

Minimal wear around book edges, DA.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1778099699523

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Glass Book
• Publisher: Ekstasis Editions
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1896860621
• ISBN 13: 9781896860626
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

The Glass Book is the long awaited volume of poetry by the itinerant and fugitive poet Tim Lander. If he has self-published most of his books, it is because he is so constantly in motion, no publisher could pin him down. But self-publishing requires no justification because it belongs to a great tradition that extends throughout history, to an earlier time when the craftsperson was closer to the means of production. As Tim refers to self publishing in his glossary, it is the rite of the poet, as conferred by poetic licence. Tim Lander has been reading and reciting his poetry, in coffeehouses, at bus-stops, streetcorners, and in public venues for years. He has been committed to the art and the publishing of poetry for over thirty years now, producing many of his own books lovingly by hand and handsewing them with a needle and thread according to the demand. He appears to be from another era he is one of the most visible poets because he is always out in the open, in the classic tradition of the itinerant chapman offering his poems for sale. It is apparent that few poets have chosen a lifelong dedication to the art of poetry as has Tim Lander, and it is also apparent that Tim Lander, in his dedication to poetry, has written some of the most beautiful lyrics in contemporary poetry.

About the Author

Timothy Stuart Lander was born in February 1938 evacuated to the North of England during the war spent 12 years in English boarding schools served in Malaya with the British army, where he was employed digging up old Japanese bombs and riding the rails as an escort for bits of machinery, and scrap metal. He studied Geology and Zoology at London University. He came to Canada in 1964, and has lived in B.C. Alberta, Quebec and Haida Gwaii. He has five grown children. At present he works as a street musician. He is a dedicated self publisher and has published numerous chapbooks of poetry over the last 30 years, and taught workshops related to self publishing. He believes poets, particularly young poets, should be getting into the habit of publishing their own work.