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www.brokenjaw.com

2012 catalogue

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Iz knjige koja se ne zatvara[from the book that doesn’t close]

Xo BLEJDS / Džo Blejds [Joe Blades]Engleskog prevela Tatjana Bijelić

March 2012Poetry (translated into Serbian)7” x 5.5, tpb w/ flaps, 86 ppBJPs ISBN 978-1-55391-098-5, $10www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg136.htm

Džo Blejds, kao i sve veći broj savremenih pjesnika, ne samo da uspješno spaja autentičnu kanadsku tradiciju sa aktuelnostima sadašnjeg trenutka, nego već duže vrijeme proširuje ograničavajuću definiciju regionalnog tako što se otvara prema višekulturnim i međunarodnim uticajima kroz iskustva promjene mjesta i aspekta gledanja. Odnos prema mjestu kao fizičkom i mentalnom lokusu ostaje intenzivan, ali pjesnički izraz koji prati kretanja pjesničkog subjekta postaje dio fragmentarnih procesa koji obuhvaćaju, između ostalog, protok impresija, podataka, topografskih naziva, zabilješki s konferencija, citata, dokumenata, reklama i sjećanja. Isti kreativni procesi zaslužni su za uravnoteženu destilaciju naslijeđa i empirije i u ovoj pjesničkoj zbirci. —Tatjana Bijelić

Joe Blades lives in Fredericton, NB. He is a visual artist–writer, producer–host of the Ashes, Paper & Beans community radio program at CHSR 97.9 FM, a Past President of the League of Canadian Poets, and he is a member of the Central European Association for Canadian Studies. His recent solo exhibition was Trail of Poems in Galerie Charlotte Glencross Gallery. The editor of ten collections, he is the author of seven poetry books, including Prison Songs and Storefront Poetry (Ekstasis Editions) and Casemate Poems (Collected) (Chaudiere Books). Iz knjige koja se ne zatvara is his third book to be published in Serbian translation.

Tatjana Bijelić teaches literature and English at the Unversity of Banja Luka, RS, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has published two poetry collections in Serbian, Rub bez ruba [Edge Without an Edge], 2006, and Dva puta iz Oksforda [Two Ways from Oxford], 2009, and received awards for both. She has also published a book of poetry in translation, is on the editorial board of Putevi—a Bosnian literature and culture magazine, and is co-editor of her university’s academic journal, The Philologist. Tatjana is a member of the Central European Association for Canadian Studies, and is one of the founders of the Canada Corner in Banja Luka.

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“Never Give Up!”The Inspiring Journey of a Real Life Survivor

Julie Comeau

October 2012Autobiography9” x 6” tpb, 111 ppISBN 978-1-55391-113-5, $20 CDN, $21 USAwww.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg134.htm

Author shares story in hopes of helping others.—Lori Gallagher, The Daily Gleaner

My book is my lifestory about my medical journey and all the amazing people that I met along the way. We all have a story, we all face obstacles, struggles and challenges along our life journeys.

—Julie Comeau

What begins as occasional postings on Facebook by Julie that describe her early childhood trauma, and then her incredible medical nightmare, soon becomes a spiritual rebirth for Julie and the thousands who have joined her on her journey to recovery. Her inspiration is contagious. It resonates with people around the world. From everyday people to the rich and famous, all want to share Julie’s message, to watch her videos on YouTube, and to tell their own stories of personal turmoil.

“Never Give Up!” is about overcoming the many curve balls life can throw at you. It is the story of one woman’s perseverance to keep pushing ahead amidst a firestorm of adversity, illness, and bad luck. It is part autobiographical, part motivational and inspirational, and it is a testament to the human spirit.

In working on her book, Julie and her husband Vince were a team. They were a couple rich in love. They knew that writing and publishing a book could be long and daunting. They supported each other in their belief that one day this book would come together. Sadly, Vince Comeau passed away two months before Julie’s book could be published. She promised Vince that her journey will continue in his name.

Here is Julie’s book!

Julie Comeau lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick with her two sons. Website: reallifesurvivor.ca

Launch: 13 Oct. 2012 @ Reality Rescue III, Glen Allen, VA.

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Carlos Morales

July 2012Poetry7” x 5.5” tpb, 79 ppISBN 978-1-55391-112-8, $15www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg133.htm

Carlos Morales demuestra poseer una palabra poética luminosa tanto en poemas de gran ternura como en los de profundo dolor, “pero ahora sé/ que mi corazón se quedará con ellas”, dice en uno de sus poemas. Hondura de pensamiento, y escritura de poeta realizado.

Carlos Morales shows he possesses a luminous poetic voice, be it in poems that show great tenderness or in ones of deep pain; one of his poems states “but now I know/ my heart will stay with them”. Great depth and writings by an accomplished poet.

—Nela Rio, Directora, Capítulo de Fredericton, Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía

Carlos Morales nació en Juayúa, ciudad del departamento de Sonsonate, en El Salvador, en 1965. Comenzó a escribir poesía, alrededor de 1987, siendo estudiante de la Universidad de El Salvador. En medio de la más grande ofensiva de la guerrilla salvadoreña, en 1989, durante la guerra civil que vivió el país, resultó capturado por fuerzas del gobierno y liberado tres semanas después. Lo anterior provocó la decisión de emigrar a Canadá en 1991. A partir del año siguiente se incorporó a las actividades literarias de Fredericton, Nuevo Brunswick, ciudad donde ha vivido desde entonces, participando en recitales y promocionando la poesía latinoamericana. En 2006 inició sus estudios de doctorado en Letras en la Universidad de Valladolid, en España.

Carlos Morales was born in the city of Juayúa, in the province of Sonsonate, El Salvador, in 1965. He started writing poetry around 1987, as a student at the University of El Salvador. In the midst of the largest Salvadoran guerrilla offensive, in 1989, during the country’s civil war, he was captured by government forces and released three weeks later. He emigrated to Canada in 1991. The following year he joined in literary activities in Fredericton, NB, participating in poetry readings and promoting Latin American poetry. In 2006, he began his PhD in Literature at the University of Valladolid in Spain.

Antología chiquita NEW

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Spit on Wishes (2nd edition)

Lorne Dufour

October 2012Poetry9” x 6” tpb, 118 pp5 b&w photos by Martin HuntCover photo & inset design by Martin Hunt 1983.ISBN 978-1-55391-071-8, $20www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg129.htm

These are not poems about the bush. They are poems about people coming to terms with the limits of their knowledge and reaffirming their reliance on each other, in the face of dehumanizing institutions and a powerful and mysterious world.

—Harold Rhenisch

The poet writes about the things he knows and understands so well … successful. For an English reader this is a collection with an interesting difference.

—New Hope International Review (UK)

Deeply moving poems about the connection between human and animal life. The poetic craft is unassuming but sound.

—Alice Major

Lorne Dufour supports his family near McLesse Lake in the British Columbia Interior by horse logging a woodlot. This poetry collection was originally community published in Salmon Arm, BC in 1983 with funds raised by dances and related activities. Dufour’s second book, Starting from Promise (Broken Jaw Press), edited by Harold Rhenisch, won the Poet’s Corner Award 2001. He is also the author of the nonfiction book Jacob’s Prayer.

Also available:Starting from Promise (2nd ed.)2004, Poetry, 8.5” x 5.5” tpb, 88 pp978-1-55391-026-8. $18.95

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BS Poetry Society

Donna Allard & Nat Hall

December 20128.5” x 5.5” tpb, 71 ppBJPs ISBN 978-1-55391-111-1$16 CDN, $17 USD, £10www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg135.htm

Two voices celebrate their Atlantic connection

Whilst Donna Allard writes on the coastal fringe in New Brunswick, Canada, Nat Hall walks and writes by her shoormal, somewhere on the 60th parallel in her windswept Shetland Islands, Scotland’s most northerly archipelago.

“Shore”, as described by J. L. Leprohon in her “Sea Shore Musings” poem, is the Creator’s power—in her own Canadian home, “Mysterious, moaning main,/ in dreams I’ll see thy snow-white foam”. It’s described by Chile’s bard Pablo Neruda in “No me hagan caso / Forget about Me”, as a place where the sea washes, throws up crab claws and skulls of many kinds …

“Shoormal”, as defined by Robert Alan Jamieson in his Shoormal, A Sequence of Movements (Polygon, 1986): “In Shetland, da shoormal is the shallows on a beach; the space between the tides where the moon weighs the density of the ocean …” that area where sand shifts.

From Shore to Shoormal is a journey between Acadia’s Shediac Bay and Shetland’s Ninian Sands—a celebration of the poets’ shared North Atlantic.

Donna Allard: “acadianrose”—Acadian-born, NewBrunswick-based barefoot gardener, pirate poet, andpeacemaker. She became inspired by poet Milton Acorn,and poet–editor Libby Oughton. Her mentor was poet–activist Valerie LaPointe.

Nat Hall: “nordicblackbird”—Norman-born, Shetland-based poet and visual artist, world intellectual nomad, who lives and writes on 60° North. https://nordicblackbird.wordpress.com/

From Shore to Shoormal / D’un rivage à l’autre Poems in English, French, & Shetland dialect / Poèmes en mirroirs—anglais–français–dialecte shetlandais

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Nela Rio & M. Travis Lane, editoras / editors

mayo 2011 Poemas / poetry8.5” x 5.5” tpb, 143 ppISBN 978-1-55391-095-4, $21www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg128.htm

Capítulo de Fredericon de la Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía Antologia Bilingüe / Bilingual AnthologyPoetas / Poets: Lady Rojas Benavente • Joe Blades • Lynn Davies • Jo-Anne Elder • Hugh Hazelton • M. Travis Lane • Julio Torres Recinos • Nela Rio Traductores al inglés: Hugh Hazelton • Elizabeth Gamble Miller • Edith Jonsson-Devillers • Alicia Zavala GalvánTranslators into Spanish: Natalia Crespo • Gabriela Etcheverry • Hugh Hazelton • Sophie M. Lavoie

Una vez más, el flamante Capítulo de Fredericton en la Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía lleva adelante una inicitativa que pone en valor la poesía, simplemente la poesía sin adjetivos, porque se lanza a hacerla compatible con varias lenguas del mundo.

Once again the extraordinary Fredericton Chapter of the Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía is exercising an initiative that honours poetry, simply poetry, without adjectives, with the purpose of achieving compatibility between various world languages.

Juan Ruiz de Torres, Fundador y DocumentalistaAcademia Iberoamericana de Poesía, Madrid, España

Nela Rio—poeta, escritora, artista y crítica literaria. Nacida en Argentina, se volvió ciudadana canadiense en 1977. Publicó dos libros de poesía en España, y seis en el Canadá.

M. Travis Lane has lived in Fredericton, NB since 1960, where she has been Honorary Research Associate with the English Dept. at UNB and has written many reviews for The Fiddlehead. The author of ten poetry books, her collections include The Book of Widows, and The Crisp Day Closing On My Hand. She is a member of the League of Canadian Poets, Raging Grannies, and Voice of Women for Peace.

Los puentes del Río San Juan / Bridges over the Saint John River

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Essays by Virgil Hammock, Leopold C.J. Kowolik and William Forrestall. Foreword by RM Vaughan.

May 2011Art and prose: 36+ b&w ill. & photos, 10 colour8.5” x 11 tpb, 148 pp ISBN 978-1-55391-068-8, $36 CDN, $39 USwww.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg122.htm

Looking at William Forrestall’s ink drawings of ancient pottery, we must consider that only somebody truly in love would give chase to objects so apparently (I stress apparently) uninviting.

—RM Vaughan, from the Foreword “Forrestall’s intricate still lifes sparkle and hum like crystal ... Fredericton-based painter William Forrestall is another quiet marvel ... a unique collection of still life paintings ... capturing not one perfect instant but thousands ...”—National Post

“William Forrestall is one of the best (and most underrated) realist painters in the region.”—Saint John Times Globe

“... some of the most interesting, painterly work in Canadian contemporary art ... teaches us to look at still life in an entirely new light.”—The Hamilton Spectator

“... one of the most consistent and recognizable bodies of work of any artist ... once seen these enigmatic works aren’t soon forgotten.”

—The Daily Gleaner

Forrestall’s work has been described as “masterful”, “genius” even “spiritual”. His paintings have long offered a quiet reflective aesthetic in an often busy and chaotic world. Objects for Study explores his ongoing interest in using ancient grave offerings as subject matter for his unique still life paintings. With reproductions of both drawings done on location at the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford and the British Museum in London, as well as a number of completed studio paintings based on his drawings.Objects for Study allows a singular insight into the creative process of the artist’s quest to—capture—explore—the timeless qualities of still life painting.

William Forrestall is an artist in Fredericton, NB. He has been exhibiting his egg tempera paintings and prints across Canada and occasionally abroad for several decades as well as being active in numerous arts and community organizations.

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Jessie Patrick Ferguson

November 2011Visual poetry8.5” x 5.5” tpb, 95 ppISBN 978-1-55391-107-4, $16www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg131.htm

Jesse Patrick Ferguson’s Dirty Semiotics reveals language in its foetal state. Unborn and still connected to the womb, these poems wriggle and squirm in the amniotic fluid of language. Ferguson delivers poetry swaddled in barcodes, collaged images and the strange sutures of meaning and message delivery. Dirty Semiotics passes the Apgar test of poetry and yelps in a newborn language. —derek beaulieu

In the creation of visual poetry (…) to crack, stretch, and isolate letters, words, and found materials is to say, “Hi. I think you’re interesting; how do you work?” The estrangement of signifier and signified does not necessitate nihilism. Language has been buffeted, bastardized, and truncated in innumerable ways, and yet it persists. The fact that I can’t put it back together again doesn’t trouble me at all; I like language, even with its stitches and scars showing.

With the underlying impetus identified, we must ask that perennial question of visual poetics—what, if anything, does such poetry “mean”? It has been suggested by some that it should mean nothing, that it should carry the viewer outside the realm of standard signification, which has been tainted by its association with commerce. In this view, visual poetry would function in a similar way to the Buddhist koan, producing flashes of non-meaning, of enlightenment.

—Jesse Patrick Ferguson

Jesse Patrick Ferguson has lived in Cornwall, and Ottawa, Ont.; Fredericton, NB; Sydney, NS. He has published visual and lyric poems in ten countries. Recently, his writing appeared in Canadian Literature, Drunken Boat, Prairie Fire, Dusie, The Walrus, Poetry and Harper’s. His work is in Best Canadian Poetry in English 2009, edited by A.F. Moritz. Jesse has helped to edit several Canadian literary journals including The Fiddlehead, and in fall 2009 he published his first full-length collection of lyric poetry, Harmonics (Freehand Books). He is also a PhD candidate at the University of New Brunswick, a folk singer, and multi-instrumentalist.

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Tristis Ward

September 2011Fiction/graphic novel26 cm x 17 cm, tpb, 115 ppISBN 978-1-55391-075-6, $22www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg130.htm

Bones of the Magus is a fascinating synthesis of the comic book genre and literary prose. It is a graphic(less) novel in which vivid pictures are created literally and metaphorically through words. The story of a great prince, reincarnated as a skeleton into a foreign time and space, is a compelling and unusual read. Its breathless energy is sustained panel to panel throughout the book. Tristis Ward is the most creative writer I know and Bones of the Magus is her masterpiece. It is science fiction fantasy at its best.

—Carolyn Gammon

From the Preface … but is it a comic book?Bones of the Magus: All that Remains, is indeed a comic

book. It is, in fact, a comic book miniseries. There are four issues, each with its own story following the larger arc. Not only is each panel a moment unto itself, but each page is a larger moment and each issue a larger one, still, echoing the pace from the smallest blocks of text to the whole of the story.

Until I read Scott McCloud in Understanding Comics, I had been apologizing to everyone about the lack of “art” in Bones of the Magus. I really enjoyed drawing with words, but I knew nearly everyone else believed that it wasn’t a comic unless it had drawings. I chose to use prose to build a specific picture—a series of specific pictures—intended to be as concrete as a drawn image.

Whether all this designing works to bridge the gap between the medium of comics and prose will be decided by you, now. I hope it is an entertaining exploration.

Tristis Ward lives and writes in Fredericton, New Brunswick. After a degree in English at Dalhousie University, she worked for years in community radio as a producer, station manager, and national lobbyist. She has written comic book scripts, short stories and plays as well as producing both stage and radio plays. She has published online in the SFF World Forum and is a multiple winner in their flash fiction contests. Bones of the Magus is her first graphic novel.

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Joe Blades

21 October 2011Poetry5.5” x 8.5”, 12-pages self-cover, hand-bound by the author with raw linen threadColour LED-printed on cover stock throughout Signed and numbered limited edition of 50ISBN 978-1-55391-110-4. $15. No trade/jobber discounts.

Fundraiser for Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton.www.brokenjaw.com/catalog/pg132.htm

2011 marks Hungarian pianist–composer Franz Liszt’s bicentenary. Among other things, he composed orchestral music he called “symphonic poems” that interpreted poems, paintings or other non-musical sources. “As a twist on this idea, the Charlotte Street Arts Centre will host visual artists and writers to interpret, during the concert, the musical works presented” (from the Program).

Joe Blades was one of three Fredericton artists invited to create during Peter Allen’s recital on 19 October 2011. Blades chose to mostly write poetry in response to the actions and environment felt in Liszt’s music in Peter Allen’s powerful performance. During “Sonata in B minor” Blades weaves the music-inpired poetry with images from his experiences in Central Europe and, especially, in Budapest, Hungary. During the next two days Blades produced a near-instant chapbook of his “symphonic poem”. The typeset poem overprinted on images of the poems original handwritten journal pages make for a visually rich presentation.

Joe Blades lives in Fredericton, NB where he is an artist, educator, and an author with seven poetry books including River Suite (Insomniac Press), Casemate Poems (Collected) (Chaudiere Books) and Prison Songs and Storefront Poetry (Ekstasis Editions). Three books are translated into Serbian, and two translations into Spanish are in the works. Past President of the League of Canadian Poets, he is also publisher of Broken Jaw Press, and producer–host of Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton’ s Writing & Arts Show at CHSR 97.9 FM. His website is www.joeblades.com

liszt listening lists(a symphonic poem performance) after peter allen performing franz liszt

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Cover photo by Nat Hall from the book From Shore to Shoormal (2012).

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