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bill bissett

originalee from lunaria ovr 300 yeers ago in lunarian time
sent by shuttul thru halifax nova scotia originalee wantid 2
b dansr n figur skatr became a poet n paintr in my longings
after 12 operaysyuns reelee preventid me from following th
inishul direksyuns
—bill bissett
bill 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.
bissett’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.
A 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.
Whether paying tribute to his hometown lunaria or exercising his native tongue dissent, bissett continues to dance upon upon the cutting edge of poetics and performance works.
bill bissett was recently a featured poet on the Heart of a Poet series, produced in conjunction with Bravo! TV.
Among bissett’s many awards are: The George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award (2007); BC Book Prizes Dorothy Livesay Prize (2003) peter among th towring boxes / text bites; BC Book Prizes Dorothy Livesay Prize (1993) inkorrect thots.

December 2011 : A B Series Launch For Two New bill bissett Books

October 2011 : textual vishyuns is here!

August 2011 : Vancouver Poets Pay Homage to bill bissett

June 2011 : bill bissett & Friends at The Whitehorse Poetry Festival

May 2011 : it's a bouche time!

April 2011 : Vancouver Is...The Place to Be!

March 2011 : The 2011 Calgary Spoken Word Festival - Live to the Web

March 2011 : Sound Pictures From The Bird is the Word at NAC

December 2010 : Make That What: time and Artie Gold Launched in Vancouver

November 2010 : bill bissett launches time in vancouver

October 2010 : bill bissett paintings & readings in november

September 2010 : This is Ground Control to bill bissett

June 2010 : Fahrenheit 2010: The Steady Burn Out Of Independent Booksellers

QUOTES OF NOTE

“His poetry addresses the limitless discussion of the boundaries between the personal and the political.”
— National Post

QUOTES OF NOTE

“His poetry addresses the limitless discussion of the boundaries between the personal and the political.”

— National Post

QUOTES OF NOTE

“His poetry addresses the limitless discussion of the boundaries between the personal and the political.”

— National Post

QUOTES OF NOTE

[bissett’s] poetry addresses the limitless discussion of the boundaries between the personal and the political.
— National Post

QUOTES OF NOTE

Touches on the great themes of humanity…in bissett’s inimitable way.
— Monday Magazine

bissett is one of the leading performance poets in Canada.
— Flak Magazine

QUOTES OF NOTE

Anybody who’s never heard [bissett] really ought to, because you’ll never think of poetry the same way after you hear him.
— Citylife