{"product_id":"th-book-uv-lost-passwords-1-9781772016932","title":"Th Book UV Lost Passwords 1","description":"\u003cp\u003ea novel uv pomes threding thru each othr th main charaktrs langwage n all uv us hedding off in all direksyuns ths book asks is langwage lost wev had creativ langwage almost 7 thousand yeers we still dont undr stand each othr veree well dew we want 2 thru th mysteree loves n rapturs speek\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eth book uv lost passwords 1\u003c\/em\u003e is the new book from beloved Canadian poet bill bissett, recent recipient of the Order of Canada. It expands on his multivalent and long-standing poetic practice by rearticulating the novel as a radiant field of sound, image, story, memory, dream, and fantasy. It criss-crosses geographies, hopping on planes and between planes to get to th breth uv th pome and everywhere else. \u003cem\u003eth book uv lost passwords 1\u003c\/em\u003e oxygenates the brain and soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBissett, Bill:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003eoriginalee from lunaria ovr 300 yeers ago in lunarian time \u003cbr\u003esent by shuttul thru halifax nova scotia originalee wantid 2 \u003cbr\u003eb dansr n figur skatr became a poet n paintr in my longings \u003cbr\u003eafter 12 operaysyuns reelee preventid me from following th \u003cbr\u003einishul direksyuns\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--bill bissett\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebill bissett garnered international attention in the 1960s as a pre-eminent figure of the counter-culture movement in Canada and the U.K. In 1964, he founded blewointment press, which published the works of bpNichol and Steve McCaffery, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebissett's charged readings, which never fail to amaze his audiences, incorporate sound poetry, chanting and singing, the verve of which is only matched by his prolific writing career - over seventy books of bissett's poetry have been published. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA pioneer of sound, visual and performance poetry - eschewing the artificial hierarchies of meaning and the privileging of things (\"proper\" nouns) over actions imposed on language by capital letters; the metric limitations imposed on the possibilities of expression by punctuation; and the illusion of formal transparency imposed on the written word by standard (rather than phonetic) spelling - bissett composes his poems as scripts for pure performance and has consistently worked to extend the boundaries of language and visual image, honing a synthesis of the two in the medium of concrete poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong bissett's many awards are: The George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award (2007); BC Book Prizes Dorothy Livesay Prize (2003) \u003cem\u003epeter among th towring boxes \/ text bites\u003c\/em\u003e; BC Book Prizes Dorothy Livesay Prize (1993)\u003cem\u003e inkorrect thots\u003c\/em\u003e. bissett was a recipient of the Order of Canada in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"Talonbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985607950610,"sku":"9781772016932","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_00613bce-10e5-4a54-866e-973d398ea829.jpg?v=1769540543","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/th-book-uv-lost-passwords-1-9781772016932","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}