Making Waves

by Carolan, Trevor

• ISBN13: 9781897535295
• ISBN10: 1897535295
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-15
• Publisher: Anvil Pr

Summary

Distinguished in part by its attention to language of place, natural science, local flora and fauna, land and seascapes, and receptivity to aboriginal forebears, much of the literature from British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest region of the US is increasingly informed by cross#45border and multicultural perspectives. Within the context of the region#39s still relatively young written hsitory, these vivid signifiers may be regarded as effectively constituting a previously undefined #34literacy of place.#34The nature of the material is diverse and the aim has been to compile a kind of #34nurse-log#34 compendium#151an anthology rich in critical thinking, archival memory, creation myths, and homage to celebrated elders of the region's literary tribe. From this trail#45clearing work, further explorations can begin.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	p. 11
Creators versus Embalmers: Poets and Scholars at the University of British Columbia, 1954-1963	p. 17
The Berkeley Renaissance: Its Influence in Context of the ôPacific Nation,ö in Appreciation of Robin Blaser's The Holy Forest	p. 35
That's the Way It Began: An Interview with P.K. Page at 92	p. 67
Working with George Woodcock	p. 79
A Personal and Informal Introduction and Checklist Regarding some Larger Poetry Enterprises in Vancouver Primarily in the Earlier Part of the 1960s	p. 89
The Production of Meaning: the Radical Impulse in Poetry and Poetics, Vancouver, 1969-1975	p. 103
Facing the Environmental Crisis with Contemplative Attention: the Ecopoetics of Don McKay, Tim Lilburn, and Russell Thornton	p. 117
West Coast Literary-Political Clashes: 1960-1985	p. 143
Origins & Peregrinations: Creative Writing at UBC	p. 161
The Breathable, Blue Surface: Of Poiesis and Place	p. 173
The Great Story of British Columbia: Robert Bringhurst and Haida Oral Literature	p. 201
The Mountain in the Lake: Reflections on the Inner and Outer Landscape in the Writing of Northern British Columbia	p. 211
Jumping the Helix: Genomics and the Next Generation of Chinese-Canadian Literature on the West Coast	p. 221
Ecosystems, Mandalas and Watersheds: The Dharma Citizenship of Gary Snyder	p. 231
Entering the Forest at Dusk	p. 255
Contributors' Biographies	p. 263
Index	p. 265
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