Chains

Poetry. Art. With CHAINS, derek beaulieu once again turns his attention to how "language regards itself, stalks itself, begins, slowly, to eat itself" (Canadian Literature) in a series of graceful abstractions made entirely from antiquated dry-transfer lettering. In chains, letters gather in elegant arrangements, architectural constructions and sinews of meaning. Derek Bealieu is the author of 4 books of poetry and conceptual writing. In 2005 he coauthored, with Gary Barwin, fragments from the frag pool: haiku after basho, a book of playful translations. In 2006 he co-edited Shift & Switch: new Canadian poetry to wide acclaim. Alberta Views recently referred to Beaulieu as a "mad scientist of visual poetry", and FFWD referred to his 2006 volume fractal economies as having "the potential to be like Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, which taps the veins of jazz for many listeners and musicians. Never read a book of concrete poetry before? This might be the one to hook you."