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's verse, visual, and conceptual poems and poetics have appeared in a variety of print and online publications including Rampike, (parenthetical), Cordite Poetry Review, and Hamilton Arts and Letters. Originally from Toronto, he is currently completing a PhD in Theory and Criticism at Western University in London, Ontario.
