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@derekbeaulieu
Poet, author, editor, literary advocate; Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre; former Poet Laureate of Calgary (2014-2016) and Banff (2022-2024) -- located in Treaty 7 territory, Banff, Alberta, Canada. He/him. online at: www.derekbeaulieu.ca
Thanks to CBC for calling DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY a book they're excited by! Order your copy from @pressassembly.bsky.social!
Wonderful, thanks old friend - hope we see each other in person again soon.
love it; thank you for all your hard work over the years -- may i republish this piece in THE MINUTE REVIEW?
Love this - may I publish it in THE MINUTE REVIEW?
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please wear a sweater george.
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a reminder of when i designed the helmet for Canadian Olympic Luge Athlete (Sochi, 2014) Arianne Jones -- an incredible honour. #gocanada #olympics #teamcanada #milano2026 #teamcanada
thank you so much!
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Save the date! I will be hosting a one-day bpNichol symposium at Toronto Metropolitan University on Thursday 9 April 2026. Details to follow!!
Possible, tentative name for the event:
"the leafless book": A One-day Symposium Celebrating the Re-launch of bpNichol.ca
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Rest in peace SAL BUSCEMA (1936-2026), extraordinary artist of the incredible hulk, spectacular spider-man, rom: spaceknight, and so much more...
Always happy to chat abt CW
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"Major works of twentieth-century art are probes of consciousnessβparticular experiments with recollection or mindfulness, experiments with language and speech, experiments with forms. Modern art is an attempt to define or recognize or experience perceptionβpure perception."
--Allen Ginsberg
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RIP to Bobby Weir, a true psychedelic cowboy...and, like many before him, he was and is now forever one of the Grateful Dead.
REVOLUTIONARY LETTER #90
Ancient History
The women are lying down
in front of the bulldozers
sent to destroy
the last of the olive groves.
βDiane di Prima
from Revolutionary Letters
50th Anniversary Edition
No. 27
City Lights Pocket Poets Series