Steve McCaffery. Courtesy Talonbooks.
Steven McCaffery (born January 24, 1947) is a Canadian poet and academic.
Life[]
McCaffery was born in Sheffield, England.[1]
He earned a B.A. in English and philosophy from Hull University, an M.A. from York University, and a Ph.D. in poetics, English, and comparative literature,from the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo).[1]
He moved to Toronto in 1968. In 1970, he began collaborating with Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Paul Dutton, and bpNichol in the sound poetry group, The Four Horsemen.[2]
He has worked as a professor at York University. He holds the Gray Chair at SUNY Buffalo.[2]
He is married to poet Karen Mac Cormack.
Writing[]
Talonbooks: "McCaffery's poetry attempts to break language from the logic of syntax and structure to create a purely emotional response. He has created three-dimensional structures of words and has released a number of sound and video works, often in collaboration with other poets."[2]
Recognition[]
McCaffery has twice received the Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative North American Poetry.[1]
His poetry books The Theory of Sediment (1991) and Seven Pages Missing (2000) were each nominated for a Governor General’s Award.[2]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Carnival: The first panel, 1967-1970. Toronto: Coach House. 1973.
- Dr. Sadhu's Muffins: A book of written readings. Erin, ON: Press Porcépic, 1974.
- Broken Mandala. Toronto: Ganglia Press, 1974.
- Ow's Waif, and other poems. Toronto: Coach House, 1975.
- Intimate Distortions: A displacement of Sappho. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, 1979.
- Carnival: The seond panel, 1970-1975. Toronto: Coach House, 1979.
- Cap Ture. Toronto: Curved H&Z, 1981.
- Knowledge Never Knew. Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1983.
- Panopticon. Toronto: Blewointment Press, 1984; Toronto: BookThug, 2011.
- Evoba: The investigations meditations, 1976-1978. Toronto: Coach House, 1987.
- The Black Debt. London, ON: Nightwood Editions, 1989.
- Theory of Sediment. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1991.
- From Theory of Sediment. Elmwood, CT: Potes & Poets Press, 1991.
- The Cheat of Words. Toronto: ECW Press, 1996.
- The Entries. London, ON: Writers Forum, 1996.
- Seven Pages Missing. Toronto: Coach House
- Volume I: Selected texts, 1969-1999, 2000
- Volume II: Ungathered works, 2002.
- Slightly Left of Thinking: Poems, texts and post-cognitions. Tucson, AZ: Chax Press, 2008.
Non-fiction[]
- North of Intention: Critical writings, 1973-1986. New York: Roof Books, 1986.
- Prior to Meaning: The protosemantic and poetics. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2001.
Edited[]
- Sound Poetry: A catalogue (edited with bpNichol). Underwich Editions, 1978.
- Rational Geomancy: The kids of the book-machine: The collected research reports of the Toronto Research Group, 1973-1982 (edited with bpNichol). Vancouver: TalonBooks, 1992.
- Imagining Language: An anthology (edited with Jud Rasula). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]
Steve McCaffery reading from Carnival, @ Instal 09, Glasgow.
Audio / video[]
- Steve McCaffery (cassette). Buffalo, NY: Granolithic Productions, 1996.
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Steve McCaffery, Poetry Foundation. Web, May 8, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Steve McCaffery, TalonBooks. Web, May 8, 2017.
- ↑ Search results = au:Steve McCaffery, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Web, May 8, 2017.
External links[]
- Poems
- Steve McCaffery at the Poetry Foundation
- Steve McCaffery @ EPC Electronic Poetry Center
- Steve McCaffery at PoemHunter (6 poems)
- Audio / video
- Books
- Steve McCaffery at Amazon.com
- About
- Steve McCaffery at the Canadian Encyclopedia
- Steve McCaffery at University of Buffalo
- Trans Avant-Garde: Rain Taxi interview with McCaffery.
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