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The Name of Being

by (author) Richard Olafson

Publisher
Ekstasis Editions
Initial publish date
Jun 1986
Category
Canadian
  • 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.

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