Please, No More Poetry

The Poetry of derek beaulieu

derek beaulieu, Kit Dobson

• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781554588299
• eBook ISBN: 9781554588565
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism in Poetry
• Index: Literature

Since the beginning of his poetic career in the 1990s, derek beaulieu has created works that have challenged readers to understand in new ways the possibilities of poetry. With nine books currently to his credit, and many works appearing in chapbooks, broadsides, and magazines, beaulieu continues to push experimental poetry, both in Canada and internationally, in new directions. Please, No More Poetry is the first selected works of derek beaulieu.

As the publisher of first housepress and, more recently, No Press, beaulieu has continually highlighted the possibilities for experimental work in a variety of writing communities. His own work can be classified as visual poetry, as concrete poetry, as conceptual work, and beyond. His work is not to be read in any traditional sense, as it challenges the very idea of reading; rather, it may be understood as a practice that forces readers to reconsider what they think they know. As beaulieu continues to push himself in new directions, readers will appreciate the work that he has created to date, much of which has become unavailable in Canada.

With an introduction by Kit Dobson and an interview with derek beaulieu by Lori Emerson as an afterword, Please, No More Poetry offers readers an opportunity to gain access to a complex experimental poetic practice through thirty-five selected representative works.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Biographical Note
• Introduction:Where Meanings Are Not Expected
• Please, No More Poetry
• from with wax
• from fractal economies
• from Flatland
• from Local Colour
• from chains
• from Silence
• from How to Write
• Uncollected Works
• from Extispicium
• Afterword: An Interview with derek beaulieu
• Acknowledgements