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Poetry Canadian

ROMANS/SNOWMARE

by (author) Cam Scott

Publisher
ARP Books
Initial publish date
Sep 2019
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927886274
    Publish Date
    Sep 2019
    List Price
    $17.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781927886281
    Publish Date
    Sep 2019
    List Price
    $14.99

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Description

Both a daybook of anti-capitalist ideation and a homoerotic reinvention of the prairie long poem, this unique debut resonates with a love of language and experiment.

Written from within the strictures of the working day, the book's title poem issues from a practice of daily collage, comprising the first layer of a potentially interminable personal epic. As a lyric counterbalance, a centralsection follows a punk band throughout dozens of countries connected by and subjugated to capital.

These poems attempt to preserve the superficiality and sincerity of fast-paced social engagement, alluding to the material conditions that permit some people--tourists, artists, musicians--free movement at the expense of others. Playful and meticulously written, ROMANS/SNOWMARE deftly circles the perimeter of the self while drawing the communal inward.

About the author

Cam Scott is a poet, critic, and non-musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Treaty One Territory. His chapbook, WRESTLERS, was published by Greying Ghost in 2017. He performs and Cold-catcher and as part of the duo Swolowes, among many other projects, pairings, and collaborations.

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