NOTE on entries in Poetry section, with respect to the Seminal anthology:
In 2007, Arsenal
Pulp Press published Seminal: The Anthology of
Gay Male Poets, which includes works of fifty-seven writers (see entry at
Seminal, below in this section, and also an entry at Barton for reference to his
instructive Introduction to that volume). Seminal is recommended as the
first work for examination by users interested in an overview of Canadian gay
male poets.
In compiling an update to the Gay Canada bibliography during
August-October 2008, I consulted Seminal for additional items and
extracted a number of references to primary works and works about
the writers. The secondary works ("works about") that had not already
been retrieved elsewhere were added, and these appear in either the
LITERARY CRITICISM or the BIOGRAPHY section of the list
(occasionally in both sections). These are acknowledged as having been
extracted from Seminal.
I had some concern regarding primary works (including both the poetry
and some of the works in other genres that are mentioned in the Contributors
section by the Seminal editors). In this bibliography, my aim has been to
include primary works which carry some direct gay sensibility, either as I
myself have perceived it by direct examination or as has been indicated in
various sources checked in the compilation process. In the case of works
listed in Seminal, I have, in some cases, no way of knowing if the editors'
criteria for listing poetry publications are as narrow as mine have tended to
be. With this uncertainty, then, I have reached the compromise of including
those primary poetry works (1984 imprints or later only, in keeping with the
date range of this list) not already listed in Gay Canada, but of referencing
them as having been extracted from Seminal. This will alert the user that the
original choice of these items was made not by me, but by the Seminal
editors, who are two far better judges. I also made use of the Credits section
of Seminal to enhance the annotations in a number of cases.
The inclusions from Seminal were taken, for the most part, as they appeared
in that anthology, without further verification, or addition of pagination,
ISBN, or other secondary information. A few, but by no means all, of the
works in other genres which are mentioned within the biographical
paragraphs, have been added to the list. The user should consult Seminal for
additional information on poets included in that collection.
To repeat, the pre-1984 primary and secondary references in Seminal were
not (in general) included in the bibliography. Those earlier ones may very
well have been
picked up by the earlier Homosexuality in Canada
bibliographies (1st ed., 1979; 2nd ed., 1984), but they were not checked against
those lists. Please consult Seminal for these, as there is a considerable
number of older references worth examining.
Alonzo,
Anne-Marie.
Le livre des
ruptures: poésie. Montréal:
Hexagone, 1988.
(121 p.; ISBN 2890063186)
Ref.:
lesbian bibliography, Yale French Studies 90 (1996): 242-252.
Alonzo,
Anne-Marie.
Seul le désir. Montréal: NBJ, 1987.
(59 p.; ISBN 2893140939)
Non
vu; poésie[?]
Ref.: lesbian bibliography, Yale French Studies 90 (1996): 242-252.
Alonzo,
Anne-Marie.
Tout au loin la lumière. Montréal: Noroît, 1994.
(81 p.; ISBN 2890182843)
Ref.: lesbian bibliography, Yale French Studies 90 (1996): 242-252.
Banerji, Anurima.
Night Artillery. Toronto: TSAR Publications, c2000.
(60 p.; ISBN 0920661904)
See, e.g., “Mashuqa.”
Bannerji, Kaushalya.
The Faces of
(48
p.; ISBN 1896705103)
Barton, John, 1957-
Designs from the Interior: Poems. Concord, Ont. : House of Anansi, 1994.
(136 p.; ISBN 0887845584 ; AMICUS no. 13452804)
See, e.g., “Parallel Lanes,” included in Seminal anthology.
Barton, John, 1957-
Great Men. Kingston, Ont.: Quarry Press, c1990.
(85 p.; ISBN 0919627994)
SEE ALSO Barton entry in BIOGRAPHY section of this bibliography.
Barton, John, 1957-
Hidden
Structure.
(39 p.; ISBN 0969128959)
Barton, John, 1957-
Hypothesis: Poems. Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2001.
(118 p.; ISBN 0887846599)
Barton, John, 1957-
Notes toward a Family Tree. Kingston: Quarry Press, 1993.
See, e.g., “Vancouver Gothic,” included in Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 330.
Barton, John, 1957-
Shroud: Four Poems. Ottawa, Ont.: Viola Leaflets, c1999.
(10 p.; ISBN 0968430805)
Barton, John, 1957-
Sweet Ellipsis. Toronto: ECW Press, c1998.
(173 p.; ISBN 1550223542)
Barton, John, 1957-
West of Darkness: Emily Carr, A Self-Portrait. Kapuskasing, Ont.:
Penumbra, 1987 (and [Bilingual ed.]; Ottawa: BuschekBooks, 2006).
Ref.: Seminal, p. 330.
Barton, John, and Nickerson, Billeh, eds.
SEE Seminal, below.
Bateman, David.
Invisible Foreground. Calgary: Frontenac House, 2005.
See, e.g., “Stark Insane Voice in Some Liminal Horizon,” included in
Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 331.
Bateman, David.
Salad Days. Ennismore, Ont.: Ordinary Press, 1995.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 331.
Bateman, David.
Terrain.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 331.
Bateman, David.
What Dreadful Things to Say about Someone Who Has Just Paid for My Lunch.
Ennismore, Ont.: Ordinary Press, 1992.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 331.
Beaulieu, Germaine, 1949-
Archives distraites.
Trois-Rivières, QC: Ecrits des Forges, 1984.
(58
p.; ISBN 2890460614)
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Beaulieu, Germaine, 1949-
Textures
en textes. Saint-Lambert, QC:
Editions du Noroît, 1986.
(72
p.; ISBN 2890181324)
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Beaulieu, Germaine.
Voie lactée. Trois-Rivières, Québec: Ecrit des Forges,
1991.
(63 p.; ISBN 2890462331)
Ref.: lesbian bibliography, Yale French Studies 90 (1996): 242-252,
which also lists Beaulieu's Envoie
ta foudre jusqu'à la mort: abracadabra
(Montréal:
Pleine Lune, 1977); Sortie d'elle(s) mutante (Montréal: Quinze,
1980);
Textures en textes (Saint-Lambert, Chambly: Noroît, 1986); and
De
l'absence à volonté (Trois-Rivières, Québec: Ecrit des Forges, 1996),
none of which was examined and genre(s) of which not known.
Beausoleil, Claude.
Horizonte
del poema. Traducción, Jorge
Cancino. Montréal: Lèvres
Urbaines
Internationales, 1986.
15
p.
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
NOTE: Tony Esposito notes, in an electronic article on
Jean-Paul Daoust ( www.geocities.com/homni_ca/daoust/taxi.html
accessed March 25, 2002), that “[a]près
l'ouverture créée par Paul
Chamberlan[d], Jean-Paul Daoust, avec
André Roy et Claude
Beausoleil, a été un des pionniers d'une
poésie ouvertement
homosexuelle.” All four authors are quite prolific, and it must
therefore be left to the user to pursue their works
more thoroughly for material related to the subject of this
bibliography. The National Library of Canada's AMICUS catalogue
could be examined, for example.
Beausoleil, Claude.
Il y a des nuits que nous habitons tous.
Avec neuf dessins réalisés à
l'ordinateur
par Herménégilde Chiasson. Saint-Lambert,
QC:
Editions
du Noroît, 1986.
(195
p.; ISBN 2890181278; also 2859201106 [Castor astral])
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Beausoleil, Claude.
Les
livres parlent. Trois-Rivières, QC:
Ecrits des Forges, 1984.
(235 p.; ISBN 2890460665)
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography, although
AMICUS catalogue record no. 5009066 assigns descriptors
concerning the history and criticism of French-Canadian poetry to
this work. Compiler was unable to check nature of contents.
Belleau, Janick.
L'en-dehors
du désir: poèmes. Saint-Boniface,
Man.: Editions du Blé, 1988.
(105
p.; ISBN 0920640664)
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Belleau,
Janick.
Humeur--
: haiku et tanka: sensibility--, alma--.
With illustration by Diane
Desmarais ; traduction
en anglais, Jonathan Kaplansky et Jo-Anne Elder ;
traduction en espagnol, Rosa Bautista. Montréal : Carte blanche, 2003.
([90] p.; ISBNs 2895900272, 9782895900276)
Poems in French, with some translated into English and Spanish.
Ref.: N. Richards communication;
AMICUS catalogue no. 30572742
Bertrand, Luce.
Vibrations. Laval, QC: Editions du Présage, 1986.
(144
p.; ISBN 298004700)
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography.
AMICUS catalogue note: “Tirage
limité à 310 ex. num.”
bissett, bill, 1939-
See,
e.g., “i was on beech avenue in vancouvr,” included in Seminal
anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 332.
bissett, bill, 1939-
inkorect thots. Vancouver, B.C.: Talonbooks, 1992.
(136 p.; ISBN 0889223033)
Ref.: Douglas Chambers (“Canadian Literature in English,” in
online
glbtq encyclopedia at www.glbtq.com,
accessed
Chambers says “many of his poems would pass as heterosexual.”
Author is prolific, and user might investigate for relevance additional
works not listed
here. Some earlier works listed in Homosexuality
in
bissett, bill, 1939-
narrativ enigma/rumours uv hurricane. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2004.
See, e.g., “i dreemed I livd with keanu reeves,” included in
Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, 332.
bissett, bill, 1939-
northern wild roses. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2006.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 332.
bissett, bill, 1939-
peter among th towring boxes. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2002.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 332.
bissett, bill, 1939-
scars on the seehors. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1999.
See, e.g., “my fathr in his bed room th morning I left” and
“swallow me,” included in Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 332.
bissett, bill, 1939-
ths is erth thees ar peopul. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2007.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 332.
bissett, bill, 1939-
what we have. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1988.
See, e.g., “i can remembr a corvet” and “my first job,” included
in Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 332.
Blaser, Robin.
The Faerie Queen & The Park. Vancouver: Fissure Books, 1987.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 333.
Blaser, Robin.
The
Review: Dennis Denisoff, “The Randone of the Image-nation: Trail
Blazing
in The
NOTE: Rev. and expanded ed. listed below.
Blaser, Robin.
The
Nichols; foreword by Robert Creeley; with a new afterword by Charles
Bernstein. Rev. and expanded ed.; Berkeley,
Press, c2006.
(519 p.; ISBN 9780520245938)
See, e.g., “The Borrower,” “Image Nation 3,” “The City of Merlin,”
“Image Nation 9,” “Image Nation 14,” “The Pause,” and “Romance,”
included in Seminal anthology.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32355628; the 1993 edition of
the work is listed separately in this bibliography
Blaser, Robin.
“In Remembrance of Matthew Shepard.” In Blood & Tears: Poems for
Matthew
Shepard. Edited by Scott Gibson.
Printed also in Seminal anthology, p. 95.
Blaser,
Robin.
Irreparable. Vancouver: Nomados, 2003.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 333.
Blaser, Robin.
Nomad. Vancouver: Slug Press, 1995.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 333.
Blaser, Robin.
Pell Mell. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1988.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 333.
Blaser, Robin, with Quartermain, Meredith.
Wanders. Vancouver: Nomados Press, 2002.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 333.
Bociurkiw,
Marusya, 1957-
Halfway to the East. Vancouver:
Lazara Press, c1999.
(92 p.; ISBN 0920999387)
See especially the section “Strange Fruit”.
Brand,
Dionne.
“Hard against the Soul”
[excerpt]. In Grammar of Dissent:
Poetry and Prose
by Claire Harris, M.
Nourbese Philip, Dionne Brand, pp. 239-242.
Edited by
Carol Morrell. Fredericton,
N.B.:
Brand,
Dionne.
No Language is
Neutral. Toronto: Coach House Press, c1990.
(51 p.; ISBN 088910395X)
Quotation
by Nicole Brossard on back cover: “By tracing her memory and
by carving her black lesbian identity
to poetic language, Dionne Brand
opens up for us faces and places and emotions.”
Brooks, Brenda, 1952-
Blue
Light in the Dash. Vancouver,
(93 p.; ISBN 091959199X ; AMICUS no. 13426017)
Somebody Should Kiss You. Charlottetown, P.E.I.:
Gynergy Books, 1990.
(56 p.; ISBN 0921881126)
Brossard,
Nicole.
À tout regard. Montréal: Editions NBJ, c1989.
(197 p.; ISBN
2894060300)
Includes sections titled “L'Aviva” (p.
[61]-81); “Mauve,” by Brossard
and Daphne Marlatt (p. 84-93); “Character/Jeu de lettres,” by Daphne
Marlatt and Brossard (p. 99-108). Also bibliography of
works by and about
Brossard (p. 196-[198]). The bibliography Gay &
Lesbian Literature, v. 2,
p. 54 (Detroit: St. James Press, 1994-1998) states that Character/Jeu
de
lettres (Montréal: Editions NBJ, 1986; [20] p.; ISBN
2893140688)
“shimmers with the energy of connection between lesbian poets.”
Brossard,
Nicole.
Au
présent des veines. Trois-Rivières,
Québec: Ecrits des Forges; Herborn,
Luxembourg:
Phi; Réunion: Grand Océan, 1999.
(135
p.; ISBN 2879620902 [Ecrits des Forges])
Brossard, Nicole.
Domaine
d'écriture. Outremont, QC: Editions
nbj, 1985.
(46
p.; ISBN 2893140343)
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Brossard,
Nicole.
Installations:
avec et sans pronoms.
Trois-Rivières, Québec: Ecrits des Forges,
1989.
(125 p.; ISBN 2890461769)
Published
also in English as: Installations: With and without Pronouns.
(Winnipeg,
189623965X)
Short review of English translation: Judith Fitzgerald, Globe and
Mail
[Metro ed.], February 24, 2001, p. D14.
Brossard, Nicole.
Lovhers. Translated from the French Amantes by
Barbara Godard. Montréal:
Guernica Editions, 1986.
(109 p.; ISBN 0919349692;
0919349684)
“Thematize[s]
the physical and intellectual connections between
women”
– Gay & Lesbian Literature, v. 2, p. 54. Amantes in the
French
original is listed in Homosexuality in Canada, 2nd ed., p.
137.
Brossard, Nicole, with Marlatt, Daphne.
Mauve. Montréal: Editions NBJ; Vancouver: Writing, 1985.
(19 p.; ISBN 2893140394)
“Poems
in French interpreted in English by Marlatt” –University of
California MELVYL catalog
note; “…shimmers with the energy of
connection between lesbian poets” – Gay & Lesbian Literature,
v. 2, p. 54.
Brossard,
Nicole.
Sous la langue =
Under Tongue. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Gynergy Books, 1987.
(14 p.; ISBN 0921881002)
Co-published:
Montréal: L'Essentielle. Text in French
and English.
English
translation by Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood.
“An
erotic exploration of language…[which] draws the reader into the
world
of lesbian sexual expression” – Lesbians in Print, p. 287, entry 1445.
Bruce, Todd.
Birdman. Winnipeg: dog ear press, 1992.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 334.
Bruce, Todd.
Jiggers. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1993.
See, e.g., “Still Life with Turkey Pie,” included in Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 334.
Bruce, Todd.
Rhapsody in D. Winnipeg,
(84
p.; ISBN 088801211X)
Burnham, Clint.
Be Labour Reading. Toronto: ECW Press, 1997.
See, e.g., “Rent-A-Marxist” and “An Evening at Home,” included
in Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 335.
Burnham, Clint.
Buddyland. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2000.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 335.
Canadian Woman Studies 24(2-3) (Winter/Spring 2005), various pages.
This special LGBTQ issue
carries nineteen poems by various poets.
Chamberland, Paul, 1939-
SEE NOTE under Daoust, Jean-Paul, immediately below, or under
Beausoleil, Claude, above. Many of Chamberland's earlier works
are from the 1960s and 1970s, but there are imprints from the 1990s as well.
The interested user may wish to pursue for relevance.
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Cantilène. Montréal: Éditions du Noroît, 2006.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 339.
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Dans
l'attente d'une aube.
Montréal : Triptyque, 1987.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 339.
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Do Not Disclose This Word. Translated from the original Québécois, and
with
an introductory preface, by Andrea Moorhead.
Peterborough [
Spectacular Diseases, 1997.
([22] p.; ISBN 0946904731)
Limited
edition of 250 copies, according to
library catalogue record.
Original title: N'ébruitez pas ce mot
(see below)
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Entretailles. Trois-Rivières, QC : Écrits des Forges,
1984.
Ref. :
Seminal, p. 339.
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Île
de mémoire. Montréal: Éditions du
Noroît, 1997.
See excerpts, translated into English, in the Seminal anthology.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 339.
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Les
langues d'aimer. Trois-Rivières,
QC : Écrits des Forges, 1986.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 339.
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Malamour. Saint-Lambert, QC: Éditions du Noroît, 1988.
See, e.g., “Your Name of Love” (translation), included
in the Seminal anthology.
Ref. :
Seminal, p. 339.
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
N'ébruitez
pas ce mot. Saint-Lambert, QC:
Éditions du Noroît, 1985.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 339.
Translated
into English as : Do Not Disclose This Word (see listing above)
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Puis. Saint-Lambert, QC: Éditions du Noroît,
1989.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 339.
Some catalogue records add : “avec
cinq dessins de Peter Flinsch.”
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Sur
le chemin de la croix. Montréal:
Éditions Fides, 2003.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 339.
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Le
tant-à-coeur. Saint-Lambert, QC:
Éditions du Noroît, 1986.
See, e.g., “Do Not Reveal This Word” (translation), included
in the Seminal anthology.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 339.
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Tu. Montréal: Noroît, 2000.
See excerpts, translated into English, included in Seminal anthology.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 339.
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Vigile. Montréal: Éditions du Noroît, 2003.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 339.
Chartrand, Lina,
1948-1994.
We Make the Air. Toronto:
TLC Press, 1998.
(64 p.; ISBN 0968455700)
Christakos, Margaret.
Excessive Love Prostheses. Toronto: Coach House Press, 2002.
(101 p.; ISBN 155245102X)
Ref.:
R.M. Vaughan, “Bounding Ghazals,” Xtra!,
electronic
article accessed
Chrystos, 1946-
Dream On. Vancouver:
Press Gang Publishers, 1991.
(151 p.; ISBN 0889740291)
Chrystos
is a San Francisco-born Native American poet, artist, and activist.
Only
works noted as published in
Chrystos, 1946-
Fire Power. Vancouver:
Press Gang Publishers, 1995.
(131 p.; ISBN 088974047X)
Chrystos, 1946-
In Her I Am. Vancouver:
Press Gang Publishers, 1993.
(88 p.; ISBN 088974033X)
Chrystos, 1946-
Not Vanishing. Vancouver:
Press Gang Publishers, 1988.
(105 p.; ISBN 0889740151)
Daoust,
Jean-Paul.
Black Diva: Selected Poems: 1982-1986.
Translated by Daniel Sloate.
Montréal: Guernica, 1991.
(45 p.; ISBN 0920717543)
“Concerned
with the quest for love, this selection…from various
collections of the poet's work, is a lyrical
exploration of homosexual love
and the angst of solitude” – Cover.
Daoust, Jean-Paul.
Blue Ashes: Selected Poems
1982-1998. Translated by Daniel
Sloate.
Toronto:
Guernica, 1999.
(143 p.; ISBN 1550710931)
Translations of works from Poèmes de Babylone (1982),
Black Diva (Lèvres urbaines, no. 5) (1983), Les
garçons magiques (1986),
Les cendres bleues (1990), and 111, Wooster Street (1996).
Daoust,
Jean-Paul.
Les
cendres bleues. Trois-Rivières,
Québec: Ecrits des Forges, 1990.
(66 p.; ISBN 2890461831)
1990
Governor-General's Award for poetry; “Few taboos are left to
incorporate
into the literature of the gay world….But one taboo, sex
between adults and children, has received
little attention…[because] most
people, gay or otherwise, find it morally repugnant. Incredibly, Jean-Paul
Daoust has turned a relationship of this kind into hypnotic poetry” –
Daniel
Sloate, from cover of Daoust's translated collection Blue Ashes,
listed
above.
Daoust, Jean-Paul.
111,
Ref.: Daoust's Blue Ashes, listed above, which presents English
translations from this work. Also see Neil Hartlen
article, Quebec Studies (Fall
1998-Winter 1999): 62-78.
Daoust,
Jean-Paul
Cinéma gris. Montréal : Triptyque, 2006.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 336.
Daoust,
Jean-Paul.
Cobra et colibri.
Montréal : Éditions du Noroît, 2006.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 336.
Daoust,
Jean-Paul.
Les garçons magiques. Montréal: Vlb éditeur, 1986.
Ref.: Daoust's Blue Ashes,
listed above, presents some English
translations from this work.
Daoust, Jean-Paul.
La peau du coeur et son opéra; suivi de
Solitude. Avec cinq tableaux de
Roger
H. Vautour. Saint-Lambert, QC: Editions
du Noroît, 1985.
(82
p.; ISBN 2890181189)
“Tirage
limité à 700 ex.” – AMICUS catalogue record no. 6521958
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
NOTE: Tony Esposito points out, in an electronic article on
Jean-Paul Daoust ( www.geocities.com/homni_ca/daoust/taxi.html
accessed March 25, 2002), that “[a]près
l'ouverture créée par Paul
Chamberlan[d], Jean-Paul Daoust, avec
André Roy et Claude Beausoleil,
a
été un des pionniers d'une poésie ouvertement homosexuelle.”
All four authors are quite prolific, and it must therefore be left to the
user to pursue their works more thoroughly for material related to the
subject of this bibliography. The National Library of Canada's
AMICUS catalogue could be examined, for example.
Daoust,
Jean-Paul
Le
poème déshabillé. Montréal :
L'Interligne, 2000.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 336.
Daoust,
Jean-Paul
Les saisons de l'ange. Montréal : Éditions du Noroît,
1997-1999.
(2 volumes; ISBN
2890183505 (v. 1) and 2890184005 (v. 2))
Ref.: Seminal,
p. 336.
Daoust, Jean-Paul.
Suite
contemporaine. Trois-Rivières, QC:
Ecrits des Forges, 1987.
(129
p.; ISBN 2890461181)
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Daoust, Jean-Paul.
Taxi
pour Babylone. Trois-Rivières, QC:
Écrits des Forges, 1996.
(123
p.; ISBN 2890463907; 2879620511 [Editions Phi])
Reprend
Portrait d'intérieur (1981), Poèmes de Babylone (1982),
Taxi
(1984) et Dimanche après-midi (1985).
Daoust,
Jean-Paul.
Les
versets amoureux. Trois-Rivières,
QC : Écrits des Forges, 2001.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 336.
Day, Brian.
Azure. Toronto : Guernica Editions, 2004.
See, e.g., “The Love between Krishna and Jesus,” included in
the Seminal anthology.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 336.
Day, Brian.
Love Is Not Native to My Blood. Toronto: Guernica Editions, 2000.
See, e.g., “Sleeping Vishnu,” “Narcissus at the Pool,” and “Faithful to
Him,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 336.
Denisoff, Dennis.
Tender Agencies. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1994.
See, e.g., “Mid Post,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 336.
Desrochers, Clémence, 1933-
J'haï
écrire. Laval, QC: Editions Trois,
1986.
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography points to
“Mon gars aura,” “Deux vieilles,” et “Un voyage de poche,”
qui “ont une certaine pertinence homosexuelle.”
Devault,
Gilles.
Fougères
cendrées. Trois-Rivières, QC : Écrits des Forges, 1993.
See, e.g., excerpts from “Ferns of Ash” (translation), included in the
Seminal anthology.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 337.
Devault,
Gilles.
La
nuit debout sur ses cendres. Trois-Rivières, QC : Écrits des Forges,
1997.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 337.
Devault,
Gilles.
L'œil
blanc du sommeil. Trois-Rivières, QC : Écrits des Forges, 1995.
See, e.g., excerpts from “White Eye of Sheep ” (translation), included
in the Seminal anthology.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 337.
DeWiel, Alexa.
Conversations with Bibi. Toronto: Canadian Women's Educational Press, c1975.
(45 p.; ISBN 0889610193)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 8982943; included in exhibition
“Queer CanLit,” catalogue for which is listed elsewhere in this
bibliography. Compiler has not checked if this was included in preceding
lists, Homosexuality in Canada, 1979 or 1984 eds.
Donald, Christine.
The Breaking Up Poems. Charlottetown,
P.E.I.: Gynergy Books, 1988.
(55 p.; ISBN 0921881045)
Donald, Christine.
The Fat Woman Measures Up. Charlottetown,
P.E.I.: Ragweed Press, 1986.
(56 p.; ISBN 0920304575)
Described
by the Toronto Public Library booklet “Write Out on the
Shelf”
as “an engaging collection by a Canadian lesbian” (p. 15).
Douglas, Orville Lloyd, 1976-
You Don't Know Me: Poems. Toronto: TSAR Publications, c2005.
(71 p.; ISBN 1894770226)
See, e.g., “Dear Langston Hughes,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 30953169, which notes “Limited
edition of 600 copies” and applies descriptors Gay men – Poetry and
Blacks – Poetry.
Review by George Elliott Clarke, Halifax Chronicle-Herald,
Dyke Proud: A Lesbian Poetry Reading from the 3rd International Feminist Bookfair.
Montreal: Annor, 1988.
(1 sound cassette, analog, 1 7/8 ips, stereo.)
Participants: Elana Nachman/Dykewomon, Judith Barrington,
Libby Oughton, Suniti Namjoshi, Gillian Hanscombe,
Judy Grahn, Gloria Anzaldua, Christian McEwan, Daphne
Marlatt,
Betsy Warland. Recorded live
Ref.:
OCLC catalog record, accession no. 19865491.
Estok, Michael, 1939-
Paradise Garage. Fredericton,
Editions, 1987.
See, e.g., “Ordination,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 337.
Estok, Michael, 1939-
A Plague Year Journal. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, c1989.
(88 p.; ISBN 0889782180)
See, e.g., “as the crisis deepened” and “hydrangeas,” included
in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 8950340.
Included in exhibition “Queer CanLit,” catalogue for which is listed
elsewhere. Exhibit display case annotation mentions: “written
within the context of Estok's own AIDS-related illness, the collection
demands a great deal of its readers….”
Fife, Connie, 1961-
Beneath the Naked Sun. Toronto: Sister Vision, c1992.
(89 p.; ISBN 0920813593)
“Connie Fife has made music out of the chaos
and pain of being
indigenous
and lesbian in a culture that respects neither” – Beth Brant,
from
back cover.
Fife, Connie, 1961-
Speaking through Jagged
Rock. Fredericton, N.B.: Broken Jaw Press, 1999.
(71 p.; ISBN 0921411995)
See,
e.g., the title poem, and others in which sex of object of affection
is not
explicit.
Finch, Robert.
Double Tuning.
Erin, Ont.: Porcupine's Quill, 1984.
See,
e.g., “Rue de Richelieu, Rue des Petits-Champs,” included
in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 338.
Finch, Robert.
For
the Back of a Likeness. Erin, Ont.: Porcupine's Quill, 1986.
Ref.: Seminal,
p. 338.
Finch, Robert.
Improvisations. Port Rowan, Ont.: Leeboard Press, 1996.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 338.
Finch, Robert.
Miracle at the Jetty. Port Rowan, Ont.: Leeboard Press, 1991.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 338.
Finch, Robert.
Sail-boat and Lake. Erin, Ont.: Porcupine's Quill, 1988.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 338.
Gagnon,
Jean Chapdelaine.
SEE
Chapdelaine Gagnon, Jean.
Gammon,
Carolyn, 1959-
“I : Lesbian.” MA thesis, Concordia University, 1989. (99
p.)
Gammon, Carolyn, 1959-
Lesbians Ignited. Charlottetown,
P.E.I.: Gynergy Books, 1992.
(94 p.; ISBN 0921881215)
Garebian, Keith.
Blue:
The Derek Jarman Peoms. Winnipeg,
(109 p.; ISBN 1897109245)
Includes a biographical sketch of the British artist, writer, and filmmaker,
Derek Jarman, who is the subject of these poems.
Garebian, Keith.
Frida: Paint Me As a Volcano = Frida: un volcan de souffrance.
By Keith Garebian; with French translation by Arlette Francière.
Ottawa: BuschekBooks, 2004.
(168 p.; ISBN 1894543211 and 9781894543217)
Ref.: Seminal, p. 339. Compiler's cursory examination does not suggest
relevance, but am deferring to the Seminal editors.
Garebian, Keith.
Reservoir of Ancestors. Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press, 2003.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 339.
Garebian, Keith.
Samson's Hair and Other Satiric Fantasies. Toronto: Micro Prose, 2004.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 339.
Gay Roots: Twenty Years of 'Gay
Sunshine': An Anthology of Gay History, Sex,
Politics, and Culture, vol. 2. Edited by Winston Leyland. San Francisco: Gay
Sunshine Press, 1993.
Included because reference source states that this work includes
previously uncollected erotic poems of Canadian poet
Edward
A. Lacey. Ref.: Perceptions [Saskatoon], issue 89, p.
27.
Gibb, Joel, 1977-
SEE ARTS section, subdivision MUSIC, for music recording entries
extracted from Seminal and elsewhere. The items from Seminal are included
because of their listing in Barton and Nickerson's anthology, and were accepted as
relevant to this list, without further checking.
Gidlow, Elsa, 1898-1986.
Sapphic Songs: Eighteen to Eighty: The Love Poetry of Elsa Gidlow.
San Francisco:
Gidlow, Elsa, 1898-1986.
Sapphic Songs: Seventeen to
Seventy. San
Francisco:
Baltimore,
(79 p.; ISBN 0884470091)
Gilbert, Sky, 1952-
Digressions of a Naked
Party Girl. Toronto: ECW Press, c1998.
(123 p.; ISBN 155022364X)
Gilbert, Sky, 1952-
Temptations for a Juvenile
Delinquent. Toronto: ECW Press, 2003.
(80 p.; ISBN 1550226126)
Glassco, John.
Selected Poems, with Three Notes on the Poetic Process. Arranged
with introduction and notes by Michael Gnarowski. Ottawa: The Golden
Dog Press, 1997.
(128 p.; ISBN 0919614620)
Ref.: Seminal, p. 341.
Grube, John, 1930-
God, Sex & Poetry. Toronto: Dartington Press, 2002.
(78 p.; ISBN 1894130014)
Ref.:
R.M. Vaughan, “Bounding Ghazals,” Xtra!,
electronic
article accessed
Hamilton, J.A. (Jena), 1954-
Steam-Cleaning Love. London, Ont.: Brick Books, 1993.
(96 p.; ISBN 0919626688)
“These are passionate poems that celebrate women as friends and
lovers, and the beauty, the delight, the desire of women's bodies” –
Brick Books
website,
Hamilton, Jena
(Jane Eaton).
Going Santa Fe.
Toronto:
League of Canadian Poets, 1997.
(23 p.; ISBN 1896216064)
“1997
Canadian Chapbook Competition winner” --Cover;
edition
of 250 copies.
Hine, Daryl.
Academic
Festival Overture.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 343.
Hine, Daryl.
In and Out: A Confessional Poem.
(284 p.; ISBN 0394572491)
See,
e.g., major sections of “Book Four: Astra Castra” with
Hyacinth.
Hine, Daryl.
Postscripts.
See, e.g., “Editio Princeps,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 343.
Hine, Daryl.
Recollected Poems, 1951-2004. Markham,
(246 p.; ISBN 9781554550)
Ref.: Seminal, Introduction, p. 28, notes that this was to be published in
2007, “making his work available in a Canadian edition for the first time
since his Selected Poems of 1980.”
Holbrook, Susan L., 1967-
Misled. Red
Deer, Alta.: Red Deer Press, c1999.
(95 p.; ISBN 0889952159)
Some sections relevant. See, e.g., parts of “Crushing Secrets.”
Horlor, Sean.
Made Beautiful by Use. Winnipeg: Signature Editions, 2007.
See, e.g., “In Praise of Beauty,” “For St. Jude, Or What Gets
Him Where He Is,” and “For St. Fiacre,” included in
the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 344.
Horlor, Sean.
Our Mission, Our Moment. Vancouver: Mosquito Press, 2003.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 344.
Kester, Norman G.
Liquid Love and Other Longings: Selected Poems. Toronto: District Six Press,
c2002.
(70 p.; ISBN 0968634214)
Knight, Henry, 1964-
Songs of Love, Ready for
Use: A Manual of Small Rewards. Toronto: HK, 1995.
(56 p.; ISBN 0968017207)
Knox, Michael.
Play Out the Match. Toronto: ECW Press, 2006.
See, e.g., “Notes to a Father” and “Swimming in the Bodensee,”
included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 344.
Κobayashi, Tamai, and Oikawa, Mona.
All Names Spoken: Poetry and Prose. Toronto: Sister Vision, c1992.
(116 p.; ISBN 0920813887)
“Two emerging Japanese Canadian lesbian writers
sensitively articulate
their
separate lives and different paths” – Cover.
Lacey, E. A. (Edward A.), 1938-
The Collected Poems and Translations of Edward A. Lacey. Edited by
Fraser Sutherland. Toronto: Colombo & Co., c2000.
(724 columns; ISBN 9781896308487 and 1896308481)
See, e.g., “Delicate Equilibrium,” “Quintallas,” “Anacreon,” “Canadian
Sonnet,” “Eggplant,” “Rejean,” “Desencuentro,” and “Abdelfatteh,”
included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 345; OCLC catalog.
Lacey, E. A. (Edward A.), 1938-
Third World: Travel Poems. Jakarta,
[204] p.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 345; OCLC catalog.
LePan, Douglas.
Far Voyages: Poems. Toronto:
McClelland and Stewart, c1990.
(62 p.; ISBN 0771052669)
Review:
Robert K. Martin, “Boreal Yet Orchidaceous: Douglas LePan's
Far
Voyages,” ARC 32 (Spring
1994): 71-73.
LePan, Douglas.
Macalister or Dying in the Dark. Kingston: Quarry Press, 1995.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 346.
LePan, Douglas.
“On a Path behind the Hotel”; “Willow Trees, By Killarney Channel.”
In The Malahat Review, 146 (Spring 2004).
Ref.: Seminal, p. 362
LePan, Douglas.
Weathering It: Complete
Poems, 1948-1987. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart,
c1987.
(232 p.; ISBN 0771052677)
Livesay, Dorothy.
The Phases of Love. Toronto: Coach House Press, c1983.
([108] p.; ISBN 0889102503)
Ref.: Douglas Chambers (“Canadian Literature in English,” in
online
glbtq encyclopedia at www.glbtq.com
, accessed
Chambers specifically mentions lines from the poem
“Dawnings”.
Lynch, Michael.
These Waves of Dying Friends: Poems.
Bowling
Green,
(92 p.; ISBN 0936556196)
Marchand, Blaine,
1949-
Bodily Presence. Kingston,
Ont.: Quarry Press, 1995.
(93 p.; ISBN 1550821415)
See, e.g., “Travelling Alone” and “Subversion,” included
in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal,
p. 347
Marchand, Blaine.
Equilibrium. London: Pendas, 2007.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 347.
Marchand, Blaine.
A Garden Enclosed. Dunvegan, Ont.: Cormorant Press, 1991.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 347.
Marchand, Blaine.
Open
Fires. Perth, Ont.: Anthos, 1987.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 347.
Marconi,
Lana, 1974-
Woman 2 Woman: Poetic Attraction. Toronto: Celestial Sun
Communications, 2005.
(ISBN 0973269278)
Ref.: AMICUS no. 30816842, prepublication record (as of Oct. 15/08).
AMICUS descriptor: Lesbianism – Literary collections.
AMICUS note: Poems.
Another AMICUS prepublication entry, with same author and title,
gives a Vancouver imprint, 2002 (AMICUS no. 27861190).
Marlatt, Daphne.
Touch to My Tongue. Edmonton:
Longspoon Press, 1984.
(53 p.; ISBN 0919285279)
“Foregrounds
its lesbian and feminist theoretical underpinnings to
challenge male hegemony” – Barbara Godard, as quoted in
Douglas Barbour, Daphne Marlatt and Her Works, p. 17.
Marlatt, Daphne,
and Warland, Betsy.
Double Negative. Charlottetown,
P.E.I.: Gynergy Books, 1988.
(56 p.; ISBN 0921881029)
Described
in MLA Bibliography electronic index (accession no.
1992065779) as a literary collaboration of
lesbian feminist writers.
Moffat, Alain-Napoléon.
L'indice. Montréal: Ed. de la Même Epoque, 1987.
(16
p.)
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Mootoo, Shani.
The Predicament of Or. Vancouver, B.C.: Raincoast Books, 2001.
(113 p.; ISBN 1551924161)
“In a set of bittersweet love poems, she tenderly exposes the
contradictions of loving another woman” – Raincoast Books website,
Moses, Daniel David.
Delicate
Bodies. Sechelt,
Ref.: Seminal, p. 347.
Moses, Daniel David.
Sixteen Jesuses. Toronto: Exile Editions, 2000.
See, e.g., “A Bone in the Balance of Moonlight,” “Offhand Song,”
and “Cowboy Pictures,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 347.
Moses, Daniel David.
The White Line. Saskatoon: Fifth House Publishers, 1990.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 347.
Mouré, Erin, 1955-
Furious. Toronto: Anansi, c1988.
(101 p.; ISBN 0887841570)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 7512073.
Part of exhibition “Queer CanLit,” catalogue for which listed elsewhere.
Exhibition display case annotation notes: “The first openly lesbian book
of poetry to win a Governor General's Award.”
Namjoshi, Suniti, and Hanscombe, Gillian.
Flesh and Paper. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Ragweed Press, c1986.
(64 p.; ISBN 0920304648)
“A dialogue between two women who write to, for and with each
other, as friends, poets, lesbians and lovers” – Cover.
Nason, Jim, 1957-
The
Fist of Remembering. Toronto [Hamilton,
c2006.
(95 p.; ISBN 1894987071)
See, e.g., “Andrew,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Major theme is grief over lover's death.
Nason, Jim, 1957-
If Lips Were As Red. Toronto: Palmerston Press, 1991.
See, e.g., “The Water Trough,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 348.
Nelligan, Émile, 1879-1941.
The Complete Poems of Émile Nelligan. Translated and with an introduction
by Fred Cogswell. Montreal: Harvest House, 1983.
(120 p.; ISBN 0887722180)
See, e.g., “Almost a Shepherd,” “Song of Wine,” and
“The Spectre,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 3640528.
Given borderline date, this may have been listed in earlier
bibliography, Homosexuality in Canada, 2nd ed. (1984).
Not checked.
Nelligan,
Émile, 1879-1941.
Oeuvres
complètes. Montréal: Éditions Fides,
1991.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 348.
Nelligan, Émile, 1879-1941.
Selected
Poems. Translated
by P.F. Widdows. Toronto: Guernica Editions, 1995.
Ref.: Seminal,
p. 348.
Nelligan, Emile, 1879-1941.
30
poèmes autographes: 2 carnets d'hôpital, 1938. Trois-Rivières, QC:
Ecrits
des Forges, 1986.
(107
p.)
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography.
Review article [Quebec Studies 15 (Fall 1992/Winter 1993): 153]
mentions the disagreement among critics over whether Nelligan
“engaged…in
homosexuality.”
Nickerson, Billeh.
The Asthmatic Glassblower
and Other Poems. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press,
[2000?].
(160 p.; ISBN 1551520885)
“Life
through lavender-coloured glasses” –Arsenal Pulp website,
Nov. 23/00.
Oikawa, Mona.
SEE entry at Kobayashi, Tamai
in this section.
Payne, Kathryn, 1970-
Longing At Least Is Constant. Fredericton, N.B.: Broken Jaw Press, c1998.
(61 p.; ISBN 0921411685)
Author's “first full-length poetry collection;” “expressing queer grrl [sic] sexual
agency, these poems lyricize bitter, blissful and sleazy sexual subjectivity” –
Cover.
Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi, 1975-
Consensual Genocide: Poems. Toronto: TSAR, 2006.
(72 p.; ISBN 1894770293)
Brief description in Xtra!,
Poile, Craig.
First
Crack. Ottawa:
See, e.g., “Lather” and
“”Accommodations,” included in the Seminal
anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 349.
Quan, Andy.
Slant.
See, e.g., “Condensation,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 350.
Rashid, Ian Iqbal.
Black Markets White
Boyfriends and Other Acts of Elision.
Toronto:
TSAR Press,
1991.
(44 p.; ISBN 0920661181)
His
first book of poetry, according to review by Maria Stewart, “Sex and
Politics:
Five Recent Flirtations,” ARC 32 (Spring 1994): 80-85 (esp. 84-
85 for Rashid).
Rashid, Ian Iqbal.
The Heat Yesterday. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1996.
See, e.g., “Another Country” and “Early Dinner, Weekend Away,”
included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 350.
Rhodes, Shane.
The Bindery. Edmonton: NeWest Press, 2007.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 350.
Rhodes, Shane.
Holding Pattern. Edmonton: NeWest Press, 2002.
See, e.g., “Fucking,” “His Hands Were Hounds Over Me,”
and “There Is an Obvious Solution to Your Problem,” included
in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 350.
Rhodes, Shane.
The Wireless Room. Edmonton: NeWest Press, 2000.
See, e.g., “Gravitas,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 350.
Richardson, Bill, 1955-
Come
into My Parlour: Cautionary Verses and Instructive Tales for the New
Millennium. Vancouver: Polestar, 1994.
See, e.g., “Nothing Like a Dame,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 351
Richardson,, Bill, 1955-
Queen of All the Dustballs and Other Epics of Everyday Life.
Illustrations
by Bill Horne. Vancouver,
Books, c1992.
(95 p.; ISBN 0919591981)
Ref.: Seminal, p. 351. Compiler's cursory examination suggested not
highly relevant to this particular list. However, included, as explained in
note at beginning of poetry section, because of listing in Seminal.
AMICUS record carries descriptor Humorous poetry – Canadian (English)
Rigg, Brian.
A False Paradise. Toronto: ECW Press, 2001.
See, e.g., “House of Flies” and “Tiger Lily,” included in
the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 351.
Roy, André.
L'accélérateur
d'intensité, suivi de On ne sait pas si c'est écrit avant ou après la
grande
conflagration. Trois-Rivières,
Québec: Ecrits des Forges; Pantin, France:
Le Castor astral, 1987.
(114
p.; ISBN 2890461203 [Ecrits des Forges])
Published also: Montréal: Herbes rouges, 1990.
Roy, André.
Action
Writing: vers et proses, 1973-1984.
Montréal: Herbes rouges, 1985.
(110
p.; ISBN 2920051253)
Governor-General's Award, 1986.
Roy, André.
Les amoureux n'existent que sur la Terre:
l'accélérateur d'intensité 2. Montréal:
Herbes
rouges, 1989.
(74
p.; ISBN 2892720591)
Roy, André.
C'est
encore le solitaire qui parle. Montréal: Herbes rouges, 1986.
(53
p.; ISBN 2892720273)
Roy, André.
Le
coeur est un objet noir caché en nous: l'accélérateur d'intensité 4: poésie.
Montréal:
Herbes rouges, 1995.
(78
p.; ISBN 2894190751)
Roy, André.
De
la nature des mondes animés et de ceux qui y habitent: nuits 3: poésie.
Montréal:
Herbes rouges, 1994.
(83
p.; ISBN 2894190549)
Roy, André.
On
sait que cela a été écrit avant et après la grande maladie: l'accélérateur
d'intensité
3: poésie. Montréal: Herbes rouges,
1992.
(139 p.; ISBN 2894190166)
Roy, André.
The Passions of Mister
Desire: Selected Poems. Translated
by Daniel Sloate.
Montréal: Guernica, 1986.
(81 p.; ISBN 091934965X, 0919349641)
Selections from Roy's original French-language tetralogy, the
titles of
which are Les passions du samedi (1979), Petit supplément aux
passions
(1980), Monsieur Désir (1981), and Les lits de l'Amérique
(1983), all four
of which are listed in Homosexuality in Canada, 2nd
ed., 1984.
Roy, André.
Professeur
de poésie. Montréal: Les Herbes
Rouges, 2004.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 351.
Roy, André.
Les
sept jours de la jouissance: poèmes.
Montréal: Herbes rouges, 1984.
(104
p.; ISBN 2920051199)
Roy, André.
Traité
du paysage. Montréal: Les Petits
Villages, 2005.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 351.
Roy, André.
Vies:
poésie. Montréal: Herbes rouges,
1998.
(132
p.; ISBN 2894191294)
Rrose Sélavy à Paris le 28 octobre 1941.
Lorraine Cadotte et al. Montréal: Editions de la Pleine lune, 1984.
(117
p.; ISBN 2890240290)
“Rrose
Sélavy, poésie-performance, a été présenté au Musée
des
beaux-arts de Montréal, le 28 october 1983, dans le cadre des
événements
Poésie-ville-ouverte” –p. [24], as quoted in AMICUS
catalogue. Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online
bibliography.
Sacuta, Norm.
Garments
of the Known.
(96 p. ; ISBN 088971178X)
Ref. :
OCLC ; Perceptions [Saskatoon,
2001),
p. 20, gives publishing information as Madeira
Park,
Harbour
Publishing, with same ISBN as above.
Saint-Aubin,
Daniel.
Carmina
Herculea. Montréal: Daniel
Saint-Aubin, 2005.
(101 p.; Canadiana no.
20060037032)
Ref. :
AMICUS catalogue no. 31037912, which notes:
“Tirage
limité à 20 ex. num.” Descriptors applied:
Homosexuality – Poetry; Male nude in art.
Saint-Aubin,
Daniel.
Les
seins d'Hercule. Montréal: Daniel
Saint-Aubin, 2006.
(213 p.; Canadiana no.
20060205938)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue no.
32851817, which notes:
“Tirage
limité à 12 ex. num.” Descriptors applied:
Homosexuality – Poetry; Male nude in art.
Salah, Trish.
Wanting in Arabic. Toronto: TSAR Publications, 2002.
(ISBN 1894770005)
Ref.: R.M. Vaughan, “Bounding Ghazals,” and
“Trans Canadian:
Her Own Words,” Xtra!,
electronic
articles, accessed
Sapodilla: The Sister Vision Book of Lesbian Poetry.
Collected by Makeda Silvera & Stephanie Martin. Toronto: Sister Vision
Press, c1999. (61 p.; ISBN 1896705030)
Schecter, Stephen.
David and Jonathan. Montreal: Robert Davies Publishing, 1996.
See, e.g., excerpt from “David and Jonathan,” included
in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 352.
Scofield, Gregory.
The Gathering: Stones for the Medicine Wheel. Vancouver: Polestar, 1993.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 352.
Scofield, Gregory.
I Knew Two Métis Women. Vancouver: Polestar, 1999.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 352.
Scofield, Gregory,
1966-
Love Medicine and One Song
= Sâkihtowin-Maskihkiy Êkwa Pêyak-Nikamowin.
(109 p.; ISBN 1896095275)
Poems
in Cree and English.
Scofield, Gregory,
1966-
Native Canadiana: Songs
from the Urban Rez. Vancouver: Polestar Books,
c1996.
(127 p.; ISBN 1896095127)
The
reader should examine the entire collection, but in the compiler's
opinion
the second set in this collection, titled “Songs,” is most
relevant
to this list.
Scofield, Gregory.
Singing Home the Bones. Vancouver: Polestar, 2005.
See, e.g., “My Lover's Mother Laments Her Dancing Shoes,”
included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 352.
Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets.
Edited by John Barton and Billeh
Nickerson. Vancouver,
Press, 2007.
(368 p.; ISBN 9781551522173)
The following are included, as listed in the Table of Contents:
Frank Oliver Call, Emile Nelligan, Robert Finch, John Glassco,
Douglas LePan, Patrick Anderson, Brion Gysin,
Robin Blaser,
David Watmough, John Grube, Jean Basile, George Stanley,
Daryl Hine, Edward A. Lacey, bill bissett, Michael Estok, Stan Persky,
Walter Borden, Keith Garebian, Michael Lynch, André Roy, Ian Young,
Jean-Paul Daoust, Stephen Schecter, Richard Teleky, H. Nigel Thomas,
Gilles Devault, Bertrand Lachance,
Jean Chapdelaine Gagnon,
Blaine Marchand, Doug Wilson, Sky Gilbert, Daniel David Moses,
Ian Stephens, Bill Richardson, David Bateman, John Barton, Jim Nason,
Dennis Denisoff, Clint Burnham, Brian Day, Norm Sacuta,
Ian Iqbal Rashid, Todd Bruce, R. M. Vaughan, Gregory Scofield,
Craig Poile, R. W. Gray, Andy Quan, Brian Rigg, Michael V. Smith,
Billeh Nickerson, Shane Rhodes, Orville Lloyd Douglas,
Joel Gibb, Michael Knox, and Sean Horlor.
SEE NOTE at beginning of Literature – Poetry section of this list
for treatment of the Seminal anthology with respect to this
bibliography. There are some important limitations, which may make
necessary the consultation of Seminal directly for some bibliographical
research, and in particular for pre-1984 work.
Sereno, Patricia, 1958-
Beyond Chrysalis: A Poet's Journey through Metamorphosis.
Rev. ed.; Vancouver: Blue Iris Press, 2006.
(139 p.; ISBN 096837381X, 9780968373811)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32795997, which contains
some electronic links.
Author's earlier edition, 1998, listed separately, below.
Sereno, Patricia, 1958-
Beyond Chrysalis: A Poet's Journey through Metamorphosis.
Calgary, Alta.: Blue Iris Press, 1998. (ISBN 0968373801)
SEE listing for rev. ed., above
Smith, Michael V.
What
You Can't Have. Winnipeg,
(79 p.; ISBN 1897109091; AMICUS no. 32346688)
See, e.g., “The Sad Truth” and “Salvation,” included in
the Seminal anthology.
Stanley, George, 1934-
At Andy's. Vancouver: New Star Books, 2000.
(79 p.; ISBN 0921586760)
See, e.g., “Sex at 62,” “Naked in
included in the Seminal anthology.
Stanley, George, 1934-
Gentle Northern Summer. Vancouver: New Star Books, 1995.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 353.
Stanley, George, 1934-
Seniors. Vancouver: Nomados Press, 2006.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 353.
Stanley, George, 1934-
A Tall, Serious Girl: Selected Poems, 1957-2000. Edited by Kevin Davies
and
Larry Fagin. Jamestown,
(222 p.; ISBN 0970876327; 0970876335)
Broad-ranging in theme/subject. The
poem “
particular interest.
Stephens, Ian.
Diary of a Trademark. Ste.-Anne-de-Bellevue,
QC: Muses' Co., 1994.
(89 p.; ISBN 0919754511)
Stephens, Nathalie, 1970-
Somewhere Running. Vancouver: Advance Editions, 2000.
(89
p.; ISBN 1551520893)
Stephens, Nathalie,
1970-
This Imagined Permanence. Toronto:
Gutter Press, 1996.
(86 p.; ISBN 1896356052)
Stephens, Nathalie, 1970-
Touch to Affliction. Toronto: Coach House Books, c2006.
(85 p.; ISBNs 1552451755 and
9781552451755)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no.
32658979.
Suzara, Imelda, 1965-
Sonnets for Curve & Straight. Pitt Meadows, B.C.: Isartebolt, c2001.
(1 vol., unpaged; ISBN 0968920616)
Sylvestre,
Paul-François, 1947-
Homoportrait:
textualité. Ottawa: Le Nordir, 1995.
(52
p.; ISBN 2921365367)
Sylvestre,
Paul-François, 1947-
Homoreflet:
textualité. Ottawa: Le Nordir, 1997.
(51 p.; ISBN 2921365626)
Teleky, Richard.
The
Hermit's Kiss. Markham,
(87p.; ISBN 1550415719)
See, e.g., “The Hermit's Kiss,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: John Barton, Seminal, p. 24, where he refers to “Richard Teleky's
allegorical 'The Hermit's Kiss'” as one of the poetic responses to the
AIDS challenge.
Thomas, H. Nigel.
Moving
through Darkness. Saint-Laurent, QC: AFO Enterprises,
2000.
Gay theme in the “Desire” section, for example.
See, e.g., “Boy-Child,” “Nigger-Kike-Wop,” and
“Unfulfilled Desire,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Vanier, Denis, 1949-2000.
Police juvénile. Montréal:
VLB, [19--].
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography, which notes
“14e
recueil de l'auteur” and places work in poetry section.
NOTE: Vanier was a prolific author. Only a couple of his works have been
included, on the basis of their inclusion in the Archives gaies du Québec
list. Some additional titles may be extracted from the AMICUS catalogue
at the National Library of Canada website.
Vanier, Denis, et Yvon, Josée.
L'âme
/ défigurée. [Belgique]: Castor
astral : Atelier de l'Agneau,
1984. (42 p.; ISBN 2859200932)
Contents:
L'âme / Denis Vanier – Défigurée / Josée Yvon.
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec
online bibliography, which
states that work has also appeared as Les crimes tels quels.
Vaughan, R.M. (Richard Murray), 1965-
The InCorrupt Tables. Fredericton,
N.B.: Wild East Publishing Co-operative,
c1992.
(12 p.; ISBN 1895421128)
See
especially “Saint Stanislaus Kostka, 1550-1568,” pp. 6-8.
Vaughan, R.M. (Richard Murray), 1965-
Invisible to Predators:
Poems. Toronto: ECW Press, c1999.
(64 p.; ISBN 1550223968)
Forty-six
poems grouped into six sections. Poems
included in this volume
have
previously appeared in an anthology, as chapbooks, or in periodicals –
“Acknowledgements”
section.
Vaughan, R.M. (Richard Murray), 1965-
96 Tears (in My Jeans). Fredericton,
N.B.: Broken Jaw Press, c1997.
(24 p.; ISBN 0921411421,
0921411650)
Published in
a paperback edition of 96 and a denim cloth edition of 24.
Vaughan, R.M. (Richard Murray), 1965-
“One Man's Meat is an
Other.” MA thesis,
(112 p.)
“Several
poem cycles explore the relationship(s) between poetic
expression(s) of Gay male sexuality and the
creation of 'otherness' in our
malignant 'dominant culture'.” – Canadian
Research Index abstract.
Vaughan, R. M. (Richard Murray), 1965-
Ruined Stars: Poems. Toronto: ECW Press, c2004.
(77 p.; ISBN 1550226754 and 9781550226751)
See, e.g., “Feverfew,” included in the Seminal anthology.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 29928907
Vaughan, R.M. (Richard Murray), 1965-
A Selection of Dazzling
Scarves. Toronto: ECW Press, 1996.
(125 p.; ISBN 1550222864)
“…draws
a politically blunt but linguistically playful portrait of a young
gay
man's coming of age” –Flyleaf.
Vaughan, R. M. (Richard Murray), 1965-
Troubled: A Memoir in Poems and Fragments. Toronto: Coach House Books,
c2008.
(79 p.; ISBN 1552451984 and 9781552451984)
Ref.: Sandra Alland article in Xtra!,
accessed
One inspiration for collection was relationship he had with a
psychiatrist while under his care.
Warland, Betsy.
SEE entry at Marlatt, Daphne
in this section.
Whittall, Zoe.
The Best 10 Minutes of Your Life. Toronto: McGilligan Books, 2001.
(119 p.; ISBN 1894692012)
Ref.: Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium (Vancouver) Web site, from
which: “the poetry of a young lesbian at large – anxieties, heartbreaks and
all – coming of age with smile and substance….” (on last access January 8,
2003)
Word Up. [Toronto?]:
Virgin/EMI Music
(1 compact sound disc).
Disc carries Ian Stephens's “Diary of a Trademark” (ca. 6 min.) and
Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan's “What Does a Lesbian Look Like”
(ca. 1 min.). Not seen. Entry elsewhere in this bibliography for Stephens's
89-page work of same title. Ref.: OCLC catalog record (accession no.
43411007),
which assigns descriptor “Canadian poetry.”
Yeo, Marg, 1946-
Getting Wise. Charlottetown,
P.E.I.: Gynergy Books, 1990.
(64 p.; ISBN 0921881134)
Toronto
Public Library booklet of gay/lesbian titles, Write Out on the
Shelf,
annotates this entry with “Canadian poet” (p. 17).
Yeo, Marg, 1946-
Unnatural Acts. Charlottetown,
P.E.I.: Gynergy Books, c1987.
(64 p.; ISBN 0921881010)
Young, Ian.
Sex Magick. Toronto:
Stubblejumper Press, c1986.
(83 p.; ISBN 0920869025)
This
is the fourth of four interconnected books, following on
Year
of the Quiet Sun (1969), Some Green Moths (1972), and
Common-Or-Garden Gods (1976).
Ziniuk, Tara-Michelle.
Emergency Contact. Toronto: McGilligan Books, c2006.
(92 p.; ISBNs 1894692187 and 9781894692182)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 32879430 (no descriptors in record).
Publisher's November 2006 press release notes:
“With gritty potency, Ziniuk pens her poetic landscape through
emotionally volatile territories of the heart. Reckoning with familial
dysfunction, mental illness, poverty, addiction, gender and sexual politics,
Ziniuk carves space out of unforgiving places.”
Zolf, Rachel, 1968-
Human Resources: A Book of Poetry. Toronto: Coach House Books, c2007.
(95 p.; ISBN 9781552451823)
Ref: Alice Lawlor review in Xtra!
[Toronto],
which notes Zolf as a “queer poet” and mentions that “[e]arlier this year
the book was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award – one of the
biggest queer prizes in the
which the compiler has not examined for relevance to this list, but which
are given mention in the Lawlor review.