Certain Details: The Poetry of Nelson Ball (Laurier Poetry) - Softcover

Ball, Nelson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1771122463 ISBN 13: 9781771122467

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Nelson Ball has had a significant impact on contemporary Canadian poetry not only as a poet but as an editor, with his Weed/Flower Press in the 1960s and 70s. Certain Details provides a major overview of the breadth and many paths of Ball’s poetry over six decades. This selection of his work includes his trademark minimalist poems in addition to longer works and sequences; it spans nature poems, homages, meditations, narratives, found poems, and visual poems. The book contains selections from all of Ball’s major collections as well as works that have previously appeared only in chapbook or ephemeral form.

In a generous and thoughtful afterword, and for the first time in print, Ball discusses his processes, influences, and aesthetics. The book is introduced by editor and poet Stuart Ross, who offers a personal entry point into Nelson Ball’s extraordinary oeuvre.

About this title

About the Author:

Nelson Ball, poet and bookseller, lives in Paris, Ontario. He has worked as a labourer, chauffeur, office clerk, forest ranger, record store clerk, and janitor. From 1965 to 1973 he ran Weed/Flower Press. The author of over thirty books and chapbooks, he is featured in Catherine Stevenson’s video “Nelson Ball & Barbara Caruso | Home Project | A Photo Documentary.”

About this edition

• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1771122463
• ISBN 13: 9781771122467
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 65
• Editor: Ross Stuart