The Name of Being
- Publisher
- Ekstasis Editions
- Initial publish date
- Jun 1986
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780969128984
- Publish Date
- Jun 1986
- List Price
- $6.95
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Description
As implied by the title, in The Name of Being Richard Olafson takes on Heidegger’s challenge to poets: the task of naming Being. The five poems are hymns of praise to that light of absence that in the purest moments illuminates and nourishes the soul.
About the author
Richard Olafson is an editor, poet, book designer and publisher. A long-time Victoria resident, he is active in many community organizations. Olafson has published a number of books and chapbooks, among them Blood of the Moon, Cloud on My Tongue, and There Are Some So Unlucky They Do Not Even Have Bodies. He attended the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in its second year of operation and was much influenced the following year by taking classes from Warren Tallman at UBC’s English Department. He is also the publisher of the Pacific Rim Review of Books. He lives in Victoria with his family.