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On the Ropes
- Publisher
- Coach House Books
- Initial publish date
- Jun 1997
- Category
- Canadian, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552450024
- Publish Date
- Jun 1997
- List Price
- $15
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Description
A counter punching radio' text that draws a parallel between a punch-drunk fighter and a macho funky writer in language as spare and sharp as obsidian.
About the author
Michael Barnholden
Michael Barnholden holds a Master of Arts degree in Liberal Sciences from Simon Fraser University, and is associate director of Humanities 101 at the University of British Columbia. A member of the board of the Kootenay School of Writing, managing editor of the literary magazine West Coast LINE, Barnholden is the author of several books of poetry and non-fiction, including Reading the Riot Act (Anvil Press, 2005) and Circumstances Alter Photographs (Talonbooks 2009).