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category: Poetry
published: Nov 2010
ISBN:9781927040300
publisher: Book*hug Press

Cosmographia

a Post-Lucretian Faux Micro Epic

by Michael Boughn

tagged: canadian
Description

Butt out, Dante. Move over, Milton. Piss off, Pound. Outta the way, Olson. Here comes Cosmographia—a post-Lucretian faux micro-epic, the latest ground breaking incursion into the ever popular spectacle of the Epic Poem. Tracking the classic epic journey through the unfolding cosmos toward home, though occasionally disoriented by milling cows with similar intent, Cosmographia teems with nasty political invective, scurrilous spiritual slander, and endless exploitive sexual innuendo. Taking as its muses Cab Calloway and Charles Mingus, by the time it gets home, Cosmographia has subjected the epic to unspeakable acts in the name of linguistic rectumtude, dada terrorism, and sporadic ejaculations of self-expression. Oh yeah!—poetry will never be the same.

About the Author

Michael Boughn

MICHAEL BOUGHN has taught literature courses at the University of Toronto for over 20 years. His own writing includes poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and essays. He is the author of H.D.: A Bibliography 1905-1990 and co-editor (with Victor Coleman) of Robert Duncan’s The H.D. Book. His recent book of poetry, Cosmographia - A Post-Lucretian Faux Micro-Epic, was shortlisted for the 2011 Governor General’s Award for Poetry.

Awards
  • , Shortlisted for the 2011 Governor General’s Award for Poetry

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