These poems are structured by an attempt to create an overall sense of lyric affect while employing anti-lyric strategies. These strategies include using different poetics within the same short piece; foregrounding of theoretical and historical concerns; foregrounding of the artificiality of lyric conventions, especially concerning the coherence of the speaker. In sum, the goal is demonstrate that it is possible to deploy affective material without recourse to personal voice.
Author Biography
Jeremy Stewart
Jeremy Stewart won the 2014 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry for Hidden City (Snare Books/Invisible Publishing). He is also the author of (flood basement (Caitlin Press 2009). His work has appeared in Geist, Lemon Hound, Open Letter, filling Station, and Our Teeth. Stewart is the General Manager of the British Columbia Northern Exhibition. He is a Canadian Citizen
