Penny's poetry pages Wiki
Don't have an account?
Register
Register
in: Original Penny's Poetry Pages articles, George J. Dance articles, Signed articles,
and 14 more

Changes: Michael Boughn

Back to page
Edit
No edit summary
 
(21 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
''by George J. Dance''
 +
''by [[George J. Dance]]''
  +
[[File:Michael-Boughn-01.jpg|thumb|307px|Michael Boughn.''Courtesy [http://www.kswnet.org/fire/authorresults.cfm?first=Michael&last=Boughn Kootenay School of Writing]''.]]
−
[[File:Placeholder|right|300px]]
  
−
Michael Boughn (born 1946) is a [[Canadian poetry|Canadian poet]], [[essayist]], story writer, and [[Children's books|children's author.]]
 +
Michael Boughn (born 1946) is an [[American poetry|American]]-[[Canadian poetry|Canadian poet]], [[essayist]], story writer, and [[Children's books|children's author.]]
  +
 
==Life==
  
==Life==
  +
Boughn was born and raised in Riverside, [[California]].<ref name=mboughnpip/>
⚫
Born in Riverside, [[California]] in 1946, he left the [[United States]] to come to [[Canada]] in 1966 because of his opposition to the Vietnam War. 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.<ref name=mbhome>[http://individual.utoronto.ca/amlit/MB_photo.htm Michael Boughn home page], UToronto.ca, Web, Nov. 13, 2011.</ref>
  
   
  ⚫
He left the [[United States]] to come to [[Canada]] in 1966, as a draft evader, because of his opposition to the Vietnam War.<ref name=mboughnpip/> 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.<ref name=mbhome>[http://individual.utoronto.ca/amlit/MB_photo.htm Michael Boughn home page], UToronto.ca, Web, Nov. 13, 2011.</ref>
⚫
He moved to Buffalo, [[New York]], in 1978, and enrolled in the [[State University of New York at Buffalo]], where he worked as graduate assistant to [[Robert Creeley]]. After he received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in 1986, he began editing the [[literary magazine]] ''intent'' with the poet [[John Clarke]].<ref name=mbhome/>
  
   
  +
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 [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1983.<ref name=mboughnpip>[http://pippoetry.blogspot.ca/2008/12/michael-boughn.html Michael Boughn], The PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) Blog, December 14, 2008. Web, Mar. 29, 2017.</ref>
⚫
He married Elizabeth Brown in 1991, and moved back to Canada in 1992. He became a Canadian citizen in 2001.<ref name=mbhome/>
  
  +
  ⚫
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]].<ref name=mboughnpip/> After earning his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in 1986, he edited the [[literary magazine]] ''intent'' with Clarke.<ref name=mbhome/> He produced the 1st descriptive bibliography of poet [[H.D.]], published in 1993.<ref name=mboughnpip/>
  +
  ⚫
He married Elizabeth Brown in 1991, and moved back to Canada in 1992. He became a Canadian citizen in 2001.<ref name=mbhome/> His debut collection of poetry was published in 1995.<ref name=mboughnpip/>
  +
  +
He lives in Toronto with his wife and their 2 children, Amelia and Sam, and teaches at the [[University of Toronto]].<ref name=mboughnpip/>
  +
  +
==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."<ref name=mboughnpip/>
   
 
==Recognition==
  
==Recognition==
 
* PIP Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Poetry: 2005
  
* PIP Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Poetry: 2005
 
* Friggin Prize: 2009
  
* Friggin Prize: 2009
−
* Short list, Governor-General's Award for Poetry: 2011<ref name=mbrpo/>
 +
* Short list, Governor-General's Award for Poetry: 2011.<ref name=mbrpo>[http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/boughn-michael Selected Poetry of Michael Boughn (1946-)], [[Representative Poetry Online]], University of Toronto, UToronto.ca, Web, Nov. 13, 2011.</ref>
   
 
== Publications ==
  
== Publications ==
 
===Poetry===
  
===Poetry===
−  
 
*''Iterations of the Diagonal''. Buffalo, N.Y.: Shuffaloff, 1995.
  
*''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.
 +
*''A Little Post-apocalyptic Suite for RC; with Thanks for the Rhino''. Toronto: fiftyuhthees edition, 1996.
−
*''Nine Blue Moments for Robin.'' Buffalo: BlazeVox, 2011.
 +
*''Nine Blue Moments for Robin.'' Buffalo, NY: BlazeVox, 2011.
 
*''Dislocation Flutter''. Amman, Jordan: Oasii Press, 1998.
  
*''Dislocation Flutter''. Amman, Jordan: Oasii Press, 1998.
−
*''One's own Mind''. Canton, N.Y.: Glover Publishing, 1999.
 +
*''One's own Mind''. Canton, NY: Glover Publishing, 1999.
−
*''Dislocations in Crystal''. Toronto: [http://www.chbooks.com/ Coach House Books], 2003.
+
*''Dislocations in Crystal''. Toronto: [[Coach House Press|Coach House Books]], 2003.
 
*''22 Skidoo / SubTractions''. Toronto: Book Thug, 2009.
  
*''22 Skidoo / SubTractions''. Toronto: Book Thug, 2009.
−
*''Cosmographia: A Post-lucretian Faux Micro-epic''. Toronto: Book Thug, 2010.
+
*''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===
  
===Non-fiction===
−
*''H.D.: A Bibliography, 1905-1990''. Charlottesville, VA: Published for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia by the [[University Press of Virginia]], 1993.
+
*''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.<ref name=mboughnut>>[http://individual.utoronto.ca/amlit/MB_photo.htm Michael Boughton], University of Toronto. Web, Jan. 27, 2013.</ref>
  +
  +
===Edited===
  +
*Harvey Brown, ''In the Branches of the Upper World: Selections from the journals''. Austin, TX: Skanky Possum, 2002.<ref name=mboughnut/>
  +
*''Great Canadian Poems for the Aged: Volume I''. Toronto: Book Thug, 2010.
  +
*[[Robert Duncan (poet)|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.
  +
   
  ⚫
<small>''Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy [[WorldCat]]''</small>.<ref name=mboughnwc>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AMichael+Boughn&qt=advanced&dblist=638 Search results = au:Michael Boughn], WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Center Inc. Web, Mar. 28, 2017.</ref>
  +
[[File:Michael Boughn BSPBF iPad Poetry Reading|thumb|right|335 px]]
   
  +
==Audio / video==
⚫
<small>''Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the University of Toronto.''</small><ref name=mbrpo>[http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poet/649.html Selected Poetry of Michael Boughn (1946-)], [[Representative Poetry Online]], University of Toronto, UToronto.ca, Web, Nov. 13, 2011.</ref>
  
  +
*''Michael Boughn Reads from Cosmographia'' (CD). Magdalena: Michael Boughn / Vox Audio, 2009.<ref name=mboughnwc/>
   
 
==See also==
  
==See also==
Line 36: Line 68:
   
 
==References==
  
==References==
  +
===Notes===
 
{{reflist|2}}
  
{{reflist|2}}
   
 
==External links==
  
==External links==
 
;Poems
  
;Poems
−
* [http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/boughn-michael Selected Poetry of Michael Boughn (1946- )] at [[Representative Poetry Online]].
 +
*[http://pippoetry.blogspot.ca/2008/12/michael-boughn.html Michael Boughn] at The PIP ([[Project for Innovative Poetry]]) Blog: profile & poem, "Golly"
  +
*"[http://buffalonews.com/2014/11/02/poem-of-the-week-by-michael-boughn/ City, Book One: Singular assumptions]"
  +
* [http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/boughn-michael Selected Poetry of Michael Boughn (1946- )] (2 poems) at [[Representative Poetry Online]].
  +
;Audio / video
  +
*[https://www.google.ca/#q=Michael+Boughn+poems+youtube&* Michael Boughn] at [[YouTube]]
  +
*[https://vimeo.com/user21156919/videos/page:1/sort:date Michael Boughn's videos] on Vimeo
  +
;Books
  +
*[https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Boughn/e/B001K8O4E4 Michael Boughn] at Amazon.com
 
;About
  
;About
  +
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130925101451/http://www.english.utoronto.ca/facultystaff/facultyprofiles/boughn.htm Michael Boughn] at University of Toronto Department of English
 
* [http://individual.utoronto.ca/amlit/MB_photo.htm Michael Boughn] Official website.
  
* [http://individual.utoronto.ca/amlit/MB_photo.htm Michael Boughn] Official website.
  +
* [http://robmclennan.blogspot.ca/2012/11/12-or-20-second-series-questions-with.html 12 or 20 (second) questions with Michael Boughn] at Rob McLennan's Blog
 
{{PPP}}
  
{{PPP}}
 
{{GD}}
  
{{GD}}
 
&nbsp
  
&nbsp
  +
{{Authority control|VIAF=66559875}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boughn, Michael}}
  
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boughn, Michael}}
−
{{2011}}
 +
{{2017}}
 
[[Category:1946 births]]
  
[[Category:1946 births]]
 
[[Category:Living people]]
  
[[Category:Living people]]
Line 58: Line 101:
 
[[Category:Simon Fraser University alumni]]
  
[[Category:Simon Fraser University alumni]]
 
[[Category:State University of New York at Buffalo alumni]]
  
[[Category:State University of New York at Buffalo alumni]]
  +
[[Category:Canadian academics]]

Latest revision as of 22:51, 4 March 2019

by George J. Dance

Michael-Boughn-01

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[]

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

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. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Michael Boughn home page, UToronto.ca, Web, Nov. 13, 2011.
  3. ↑ Selected Poetry of Michael Boughn (1946-), Representative Poetry Online, University of Toronto, UToronto.ca, Web, Nov. 13, 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 >Michael Boughton, University of Toronto. Web, Jan. 27, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Search results = au:Michael Boughn, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Center Inc. Web, Mar. 28, 2017.

External links[]

Poems
Audio / video
Books
About
Original Penny's Poetry Pages article, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0.
This is a signed article by User:George Dance. It may be edited for spelling errors or typos, but not for substantive content except by its author. If you have created a user name and verified your identity, provided you have set forth your credentials on your user page, you can add comments to the bottom of this article as peer review.

&nbsp

Authority control
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.