Michael Boughn.Courtesy Kootenay School of Writing.
Michael Boughn (born 1946) is an American-Canadian poet, essayist, story writer, and children's author.
Life[]
Boughn was born and raised in Riverside, California.[1]
He left the United States to come to Canada in 1966, as a draft evader, because of his opposition to the Vietnam War.[1] He enrolled in Simon Fraser University and studied under Robin Blaser, who introduced him to the poetry of William Blake, Ezra Pound, H.D., William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson, and others.[2]
The U.S. government dropped all charges against him in 1978. He returned to California in 1980, working in a metal stamping factory and then enrolling at the University of California Santa Cruz, where he earned a B.A. in 1983.[1]
He moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1983, and enrolled as a graduate student at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he studied under poets John Clarke and Robert Creeley.[1] After earning his Ph.D. in 1986, he edited the literary magazine intent with Clarke.[2] He produced the 1st descriptive bibliography of poet H.D., published in 1993.[1]
He married Elizabeth Brown in 1991, and moved back to Canada in 1992. He became a Canadian citizen in 2001.[2] His debut collection of poetry was published in 1995.[1]
He lives in Toronto with his wife and their 2 children, Amelia and Sam, and teaches at the University of Toronto.[1]
Writing[]
The Project for Innovative Poetry calls his poetry "cosmological and agitational, seeking in the dislocations of syntactical delirium unlimited possibilities for further experiences of meaning."[1]
Recognition[]
- PIP Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Poetry: 2005
- Friggin Prize: 2009
- Short list, Governor-General's Award for Poetry: 2011.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Iterations of the Diagonal. Buffalo, N.Y.: Shuffaloff, 1995.
- A Little Post-apocalyptic Suite for RC; with Thanks for the Rhino. Toronto: fiftyuhthees edition, 1996.
- Nine Blue Moments for Robin. Buffalo, NY: BlazeVox, 2011.
- Dislocation Flutter. Amman, Jordan: Oasii Press, 1998.
- One's own Mind. Canton, NY: Glover Publishing, 1999.
- Dislocations in Crystal. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2003.
- 22 Skidoo / SubTractions. Toronto: Book Thug, 2009.
- Cosmographia: A post-lucretian faux micro-epic. Toronto: Book Thug, 2010.
- Nine Blue Moments for Robin. Buffalo, NY: BlazeVox, 2011.
- City, Book One: Singular Assumptions. Toronto: Book Thug, 2014.
- City: A poem at the end of the world. New York: Spuyten Duyvil, 2016.
Novel[]
- Business as Usual: A mystery. Edmonton, AB: NeWest Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-897126-91-2
Short fiction[]
- Narthex, and other stories. Toronto: Book Thug, 2011.
Non-fiction[]
- H.D.: A bibliography, 1905-1990. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1993.
- Three Lectures and a Postscript. Toronto: Shuffaloff/Eternal Network Joint, 2010.
Juvenile[]
- Into the World of the Dead. Annick Press, 2006.[4]
Edited[]
- Harvey Brown, In the Branches of the Upper World: Selections from the journals. Austin, TX: Skanky Possum, 2002.[4]
- Great Canadian Poems for the Aged: Volume I. Toronto: Book Thug, 2010.
- Robert Duncan, The H.D. Book (edited with Victor Coleman). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2011; Berkeley, CA, & London: University of California Press, 2012.
- Resist Much, Obey Little: Inaugural poems to the resistance. Dispatches Editions, 2017.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
Michael Boughn BSPBF iPad Poetry Reading
Audio / video[]
- Michael Boughn Reads from Cosmographia (CD). Magdalena: Michael Boughn / Vox Audio, 2009.[5]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Michael Boughn, The PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) Blog, December 14, 2008. Web, Mar. 29, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Michael Boughn home page, UToronto.ca, Web, Nov. 13, 2011.
- ↑ Selected Poetry of Michael Boughn (1946-), Representative Poetry Online, University of Toronto, UToronto.ca, Web, Nov. 13, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 >Michael Boughton, University of Toronto. Web, Jan. 27, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Search results = au:Michael Boughn, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Center Inc. Web, Mar. 28, 2017.
External links[]
- Poems
- Michael Boughn at The PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) Blog: profile & poem, "Golly"
- "City, Book One: Singular assumptions"
- Selected Poetry of Michael Boughn (1946- ) (2 poems) at Representative Poetry Online.
- Audio / video
- Michael Boughn at YouTube
- Michael Boughn's videos on Vimeo
- Books
- Michael Boughn at Amazon.com
- About
- Michael Boughn at University of Toronto Department of English
- Michael Boughn Official website.
- 12 or 20 (second) questions with Michael Boughn at Rob McLennan's Blog
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