ENG 356: Contemporary Canadian Poetry
ENG 356: Contemporary Canadian Poetry
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Stephen Humphrey
Stephen Humphrey is a freelance writer and poet originally from Edmonton and now living in Toronto. He co-hosted the literary radio program HOWL for four years on CIUT, the University of Toronto station, and hosted the long-running Idler Pub Reading series for its final two years. Topics: 1. POET: Blue Angels (Seraphim Editions 2005) On Blue Angels “These nasty, numinous, visceral and
otherwise revisionary angels might not sit too nicely on your shoulder, but they
flutter beautifully in this dark and gifted book.” “The angels of Stephen Humphrey’s
book are dark lovers, holy punks, jaded sages and daemonic seraphim who descend
from terrifying heights to swoop ecstatic through the post-modern world. There
is pandemonium and humour in these pages (equal parts Paradise Lost and Led
Zeppelin IV) where the grandiose meets the mundane, and the biblical is forever
dogged by the comic book. The words are lyrical, sometimes satirical, and
they'll tell you everything you ever wanted to know about fallen angels, but
were afraid to ask.” |
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