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Stephen Collis

Stephen Collis is the author of four books of poetry, Mine (New Star, 2001), Anarchive (New Star, 2005), which was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, The Commons (Talonbooks, 2008)—the latter two forming parts of the on-going “Barricades Project”—and On the Material (Talonbooks, 2010), winner of the 2010 the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Noted for his seminal analyses of affinities between twentieth-century poets, he has lectured widely on poetics and done numerous readings in Canada and the U.S.

Collis is also the author of two book-length studies, Phyllis Webb and the Common Good (Talonbooks, 2007) and Through Words of Others: Susan Howe and Anarcho-Scholasticism (ELS Editions, 2006). He is currently editing a collection of essays, Reading Duncan Reading and continuing his work on “The Barricades Project.” A member of the Kootenay School of Writing, he teaches American literature, poetry, and poetics at Simon Fraser University.

December 2011 : Talonbooks Presents Karl and Christy Siegler's Farewell Bash

September 2011 : 100 Thousand Poets for Change: Vancouver, BC

June 2011 : Bring it Home, Vancouver!

April 2011 : Weather-Permitting, Poetry is in Bloom in BC!

April 2011 : On the Material Wins 2011 BC Book Prize for Poetry!

April 2011 : Triple Threat Book Launch at the Anza Club in Vancouver!

April 2011 : BC Book Prizes Northern Leg 2011 Kicks Off Tonight!

March 2011 : Three Talonbooks Poets are Finalists for B.C. Book Prize for Poetry

January 2011 : North of Invention: A Canadian Poetry Festival

September 2010 : Mapping the Rainy City on a Sunday

May 2010 : Video Clips From Talon’s 2010 Cross-Canada Poetry Tour: Vancouver

May 2010 : Talon Spring Launch at the Edmonton Poetry Festival

May 2010 : Talonbooks Spring Poetry Launch in Calgary

BOOK AWARDS

Winner of the 2011 BC Book Prize: Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize

QUOTES OF NOTE

"Words like beauty, pleasure, and liberty do not sound hackneyed. Instead, their writing sounds synonymous with persistence. Collis is slightly off-step/beat, just out of range of any comfortable assumption, and a good shuffle away from clear understanding. This is not poetry that leads, but includes. It is a welcome philosophical divergence in popular culture." — Prairie Fire Review of Books

QUOTES OF NOTE

As much about Webb as about the cultural and political milieu of her time, this book is necessary reading for anyone interested in Canadian poetry and the ethics of writing as criticism.
— Smaro Kamboureli