In stereophonic recording, twin microphones are positioned in order to more accurately record and represent a sonic moment. In Stereo takes this as its guiding principle. The collection is a record of dualities: this is split speaker, split personality, poetic turntablism flipped a-side to b-side. Found language from a wide variety of source texts forms a mashup of manipulated sampled materials: from CD copyright lingo to pop culture text to sound ecology, pataphysics, Sun Ra and Gertrude Stein. In Stereo demonstrates the potential transience and fluidity found within recorded meaning.

Paul Hegedus was born in Saskatoon. He is currently working on a yet to be titled visual poetic project. He teaches kindergarten in Brampton, Ontario. He is the author of Noise Present at the Moment Less Clear, a chapbook published by BookThug in 2006. In Stereo is his first book.

Paul Hegedus was born in Saskatoon. He is currently working on a yet to be titled visual poetic project. He teaches kindergarten in Brampton, Ontario. He is the author of Noise Present at the Moment Less Clear, a chapbook published by BookThug in 2006. In Stereo is his first book.

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