Poetry. "Keep going with this sequence. The soft-core-help-books on sex really deserve to be skewered. I like reading mocking, dismissive, and allusive humor.. "—John Tyndall. "I'm already a big fan of your poems, so these ones only corroborate that fact. You have great energy and are full of life and, my god, you sure know how to write.... Great fun. I really like the poetry—immensely! .The book is a seamless entity. telling the story of a man in the beginnings of the new century. They are pleasing to the ear, pleasing to hear, they look good on the page, they are so subtley crafted.... Bravo! I'm still reading your books and still liking reading them, great stuff, in fact"—Michael Stephens.
Author Hometown: Vancouver, BC CAN
About the author: Stephen Bett has had eleven books of poetry published: TRACK THIS: A BOOK OF RELATIONSHIP (BlazeVOX Books, 2010), EXTREME POSITIONS (Spuyten Duyvil, 2009), S PLIT (Ekstasis Editions, 2009), Sass 'n Pass (Ekstasis Editions, 2008); Three Women (Ekstasis Editions, 2006); Nota Bene Poems: A Journey (Ekstasis Editions, 2005); Trader Poets (Frog Hollow Press, 2003); High-Maintence (Ekstasis Editions, 2003); High Design Refit (Greenboathouse Books, 2002); Cruise Control (Ekstasis Editions, 1996); Lucy Kent and other poems (Longspoon Press, 1983). His work has also appeared in over 100 journals in Canada, the U.S., England, Australia, and Finland, as well as in two anthologies, and on radio. He is a member of the English Department at Langara College in Vancouver.
Reviews:
Michael Kissinger in the Vancouver Courier
Billey Rainey @ Exquisite Corpse
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