Author: john lent

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Because of all the complications we worked our way through regarding Covid 19, I finally gave this paper, called "Aspects of Poetics in Contemporary Fiction and Poetry: a practical logic of legacy, a working arc of continuance," as a ZOOM delivery from UBCO with both Sharon Thesen and Nancy Holmes there with me on November … Continue reading Blog #10: The Inaugural Sharon Thesen Lecture on Poetics, UBCO, November 19th, 2020

I just want you to know that a new seven part poem of mine, 'The Ordinary's Incense,' has just been published by this great online journal, The Typescript. I am thrilled that Teresa Smalec, an Associate Editor for The Typescript, asked to see this piece and liked it and eventually supervised the way it was … Continue reading BLOG #9: ‘The Ordinary’s Incense’ published in The Typescript, July 2020

I was delighted to read this review of A Matins Flywheel by Trevor Carolan.  He responded to the material so closely and acknowledged the legacies which produced its poetics. Here it is: #712 Okanagan jazz and verse December 28, 2019December 29, 2019 A Matins Flywheel by John Lent Saskatoon: Thistledown Press, 2019 $20 / 9781771871914 … Continue reading Blog #8: Trevor Carolan’s Review of A Matins Flywheel in The Ormsby Review

I am excited because Thistledown Press has just released my new book of poems, A Matins Flywheel. This is my eleventh book and this particular book has had a slow, long fuse of being written, and is the result of having an opportunity to read a pile of wonderful writers after I retired, working with … Continue reading Blog #7: The Launching of My New Book of Poems, A Matins Flywheel