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Cruise Control

by (author) Stephen Bett

Publisher
Ekstasis Editions
Initial publish date
Sep 1996
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896860091
    Publish Date
    Sep 1996
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

Satirical, witty and often self-referential, Cruise Control offers a wry commentary on everything from politics and yuppies to BMWs and literature. Though rooted in a commitment to language the poems still manage to gaze with Swiftian irreverence at the foibles of an often absurd world.

About the author

Stephen Bett's writing and college teaching life has been informed by the "counter tradition " of Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the New York School (1st and 2nd generations), and how that played out in Canada with the TISH poets, and beyond. His more recent books are "minimalist " in form, often stretching into "serial poems (book-length "linked poems"). This allows for the surprise of echoing back and forth — everything from idea to image to cadence. Bett's work, like its creator, is recognized as funny, satirical and unique. He lives in Vancouver. Previous books include: Re-positioning , Track This: A Book of Relationship, Extreme Positions, Sass 'n Pass, Three Women, Nota Bene Poems: A Journey, and High-Maintenance.

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