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Least Important Man, The

by (author) Alex Boyd

Publisher
Biblioasis
Initial publish date
Mar 2012
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781926845401
    Publish Date
    Mar 2012
    List Price
    $17.95

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Description

"Poets don't do themselves or poetry any favours when they write about trivial matters," writes Boyd in "Comfort and Canadian Poetry" (2002). Boyd's latest collection takes this caution to heart: sober, self-sacrificing, and handsome, The Least Important Man is a book for those who want poetry to reassert its dignity and authority in everyday life.

About the author

Alex Boyd is a Canadian essayist, editor, critic and author of the poetry collection Making Bones Walk. Boyd hosted the IV Lounge Reading Series in Toronto and co-edited IV Lounge Nights, an anthology to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the series. Boyd also established Northern Poetry Review, a site for poetry articles and reviews, in April 2006. In 2008, he established Digital Popcorn, a site for personal film reviews, and has recently helped launch the Best Canadian Essays series with Tightrope Books, co-editing the first two collections. His second book of poems, The Least Important Man, was published by Biblioasis in 2012. Boyd lives in Toronto, ON.

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