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Poetry Canadian

In Stereo

by (author) Paul Hegedus

Publisher
Book*hug Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2008
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897388235
    Publish Date
    Oct 2008
    List Price
    $18.00

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Description

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.

About the author

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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Editorial Reviews

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