Written in his unique phonetic language, bill bissett’s second novel-poem, hungree throat, recounts the relationship of two men – one bold and unafraid, the other burdened by terrible memories and unable to trust. We witness ten years of a shared life marked by hunger “4 breething being singing eeting digesting speeking saying food kissing watr love.”
“…an interesting and intriguing reading/viewing of the struggles of coming to terms with, and visualizing, a tumultuous world and ‘how we feel abt unsirtintee.’”
– Canadian Literature
“... bissett’s illumination...is capable of transforming even the most banal thought into poetry.”
– Georgia Straight
By bill bissett
bill bissett’s charged readings, which never fail to amaze his audiences, incorporate sound poetry, chanting and singing, the verve of which is only matched by his prolific writing career—over seventy books of bissett’s poetry have been published. whether paying tribute to his hometown lunaria or exercising his native tongue dissent, bissett continues to dance upon the cutting edge of poetics and performance works.
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news | 2014-05-28
Tomorrow: George Bowering Reads in Abbotsford, BC
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…from a variety of his works, including the latest hungree throat . The Poetry Bus, courtesy of B.C. Translink. …
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…and performance poetry. His most recent work is hungree throat , available from Talonbooks almost right now …
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