LITERATURE/LITTÉRATURE:

 

POETRY/POÉSIE

 

NOTE on entries in Poetry section, with respect to the Seminal anthology:

 

In 2007, Arsenal Pulp Press published Seminal: The Anthology of Canada 's

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 Five O'Clock: Poems.  Toronto: Sister Vision, 1996.

            (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.  Victoria, B.C.: Ekstasis, c1984.

            (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.  Victoria: finewords, 1998.

                                                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-

                        Canada gees mate for life.  Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1985.

                                                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 3/13/03).

                                                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

Canada bibliographies.

 

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 Holy Forest.  Toronto: Coach House Press, 1993.

                                                Review: Dennis Denisoff, “The Randone of the Image-nation: Trail

                                                Blazing in The Holy Forest,”  ARC 32 (Spring 1994): 74-79.

                                                NOTE: Rev. and expanded ed. listed below.

 

Blaser, Robin.

                        The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser.  Edited by Miriam

                        Nichols; foreword by Robert Creeley; with a new afterword by Charles

                        Bernstein.  Rev. and expanded ed.; Berkeley, CA: University of California

                        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.  New York: Painted Leaf Press, 1999.

                                                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.: Goose Lane Editions, 1994.

 

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, BC: Polestar Press, c1994.

                        (93 p.; ISBN 091959199X ; AMICUS no. 13426017)

 

Brooks, Brenda.

                        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, Man.: Muses' Company, 2000) (128 p.; ISBN

                             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, Man.: Turnstone Press, c1997.

                        (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 [UK]:

                        Spectacular Diseases, 1997.

                        ([22] p.; ISBN 0946904731)

                                                Limited edition of 250 copies, according to University of Oxford

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!, Dec. 12, 2002,

                                                electronic article accessed January 27, 2003.

 

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 Canada included in this bibliography.

 

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, Wooster Street.  Montréal: Vlb éditeur, 1996.

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,

                                                November 27, 2005, p. 31 (ref. to review: Seminal, p. 337)

 

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 June 18, 1988 in Montreal.

                                                Ref.: OCLC catalog record, accession no. 19865491.

 

Estok, Michael, 1939-

                        Paradise Garage.  Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books/Goose Lane

                        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, Man.: Signature Editions, c2008.

                        (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: Druid Heights Press, 1982.

 

Gidlow, Elsa, 1898-1986.

            Sapphic Songs: Seventeen to Seventy.  San Francisco: Druid Heights Press;

            Baltimore, Maryland: Diana Press, 1976.

     (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!, Dec. 12, 2002,

                                                electronic article accessed January 27, 2003.

 

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, January 31, 2002.

 

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.  New York: Atheneum, 1985.

                                                Ref.: Seminal, p. 343.

 

Hine, Daryl.

     In and Out: A Confessional Poem.  New York: Knopf, 1989.

     (284 p.; ISBN 0394572491)

                             See, e.g., major sections of “Book Four: Astra Castra” with

                             Hyacinth.

 

Hine, Daryl.

                        Postscripts.  New York: Knopf, 1991.

                                                See, e.g., “Editio Princeps,” included in the Seminal anthology.

                                                Ref.: Seminal, p. 343.

 

Hine, Daryl.

                        Recollected Poems, 1951-2004.  Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c2007.

                        (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, Indonesia: Blacky's Image Lounge, 1994.

                        [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 3/13/03).

                                    Chambers specifically mentions lines from the poem “Dawnings”.

 

Lynch, Michael.

                        These Waves of Dying Friends: Poems.

                        Bowling Green, NY: Contact II Publications, 1989.

            (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,

                                      March 14, 2002.

 

Moses, Daniel David.

                        Delicate Bodies.  Sechelt, BC: Nightwood Editions, 1992.

                                                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, ON?]: Wolsak and Wynn,

                        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!, December 21, 2006, p. 35.

 

Poile, Craig.

                        First Crack.  Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1998.

                                                See, e.g., “Lather” and “”Accommodations,” included in the Seminal

anthology.

                                                Ref.: Seminal, p. 349.

 

Quan, Andy.

                        Slant.  Madeira Park: Nightwood Editions, 2001.

                                                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, BC: Polestar; Distributed by Raincoast

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.  Roberts Creek, BC : Nightwood Editions, 2001.

                        (96 p. ; ISBN 088971178X)

                                                Ref. : OCLC ; Perceptions [Saskatoon, SK], issue 148 (Oct. 24,

                                                2001), p. 20, gives publishing information as Madeira Park, BC :

                                                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!, Dec. 12, 2002,

electronic articles, accessed January 27, 2003.

 

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.

     Victoria, B.C.: Polestar Books, c1997.

     (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, BC: Arsenal Pulp

                        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, MB: Signature Editions, 2006.

                        (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 New York,” and “Veracruz,”

                                                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, R.I. : Qua Press, 2003.

                        (222 p.; ISBN 0970876327; 0970876335)

                                                Broad-ranging in theme/subject. The poem “Veracruz” is one of

                                                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, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c2006.

                        (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, University of New Brunswick, 1991.

     (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!, March 27, 2008 (electronic version),

                                                accessed August 07, 2008.

                                                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 Canada, 1995.

                        (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], Dec. 18, 2008, p. 23,

                                                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 US.”  Zolf has published earlier works

                                                which the compiler has not examined for relevance to this list, but which

                                                are given mention in the Lawlor review.