Players
- Publisher
- Palimpsest Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2016
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781926794303
- Publish Date
- Apr 2016
- List Price
- $18.95
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Description
John Nyman's Players is staged in an urban dreamscape, fusing popular culture with narratives about hand-to-hand combat, how to hustle, and high art. Taking lyrical cues from hip-hop, Nyman's poetry bends genre expectations, unravelling with a flow that's both unique and engaging.
About the author
John Nyman is a poet, critic, and book artist of mixed European and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. His previous works include a Gerald Lampert Award-shortlisted poetry collection (Players), an erasure of words and images from the Choose Your Own Adventure series of children's books (Your Very Own), and a classic text of Lacanian psycho-analysis reprinted in a nearly illegible typeface (The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psycho-analysis: A Selection). John hails from Tkaronto / Toronto, where he currently works as a postsecondary communication instructor and helps administer the plumb art gallery and project space on St. Clair West. Find him online at johnnyman.ca
