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Poetry Canadian

O SPAM POAMS

Selected Daily Treated Spam Sept 2003 - Jan 2005

by (author) Rob Read

Publisher
Book*hug Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2005
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780973718171
    Publish Date
    Oct 2005
    List Price
    $17.95

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Description

In September 2003 Rob Read began to edit, transform, and "treat" his incoming junk e-mail or "spam" into poems which were then sent out again to a list of friends he thought might appreciate them. In fact, the present publisher discovered the first of them in his junkmail box, where his email program had conveniently filed them. Initially sent away with no archival copies saved, this collection represents Read's revisiting of these (almost) daily poems, which were luckily saved by a recipient who felt they were important enough to archive.

Cut down and heavily edited to the most fascinating "spams," O Spam, Poams showcases the daring approaches Read takes while creating relics from junk, pulp from dross, and narrative gleams from abstractions (and sometimes vice versa). The effects produced range from hilarious to pensive, anecdotal to ahh-inspiring.

 

About the author

Contributor Notes

Rob Read is a poet living in South Western Ontario.