Nota Bene Poems
- Publisher
- Ekstasis Editions
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2005
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894800655
- Publish Date
- Jan 2005
- List Price
- $18.95
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Description
Nota Bene: A Journey follows an intense relationship between its author and an astonishing woman artist. Here we see, to put it mildly, a far more nakedly personal voice from a poet known mainly for his sassy, satiric irreverence about political correctness and pop culture.
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.