Monday, May 28, 2012

Salut Sérotonine 2

Here is another translation by Xandère Sélène. This one is of my poem "Neurotransmission" from Hello Serotonin. A series of her translations of my poems appeared in Revue Le Quartanier in 2005.

NEUROTRANSMISSION

Une autre tactique de rêve statique – ne me rappelle pas à la maison sur
ce ton; je deviens pensif quand tu n’appelles pas.

Le remords est une lettre à la langue de miel. Je traîne, a-t-elle
écrit; le comptoir ne luisait guère derrière son éclat.

Quand le téléphone sonne, ma mémoire se déclenche, trébuche;
une neurotransmission se fait trébucher plus vrai, filmique.

Elle chuchote quelque chose et il semble que quelqu’un
grivoise toute la nuit: une berceuse caféinée, rêve sous valium.

La culpabilité parapleut vers le ciel en trépanation courante –
coup de pied à l’humour encore.

Voici une neurotransmission avortée –
froide comme une baisse d’octave, continue comme la tonalité.

*

NEUROTRANSMISSION

Another static dream tactic – don’t call me home with
that tone; I get wistful when you don’t call.

Remorse is a honey-tongued letter. I’m traipsing along, she
wrote; the bar glistened weakly behind her sheen.

When the phone rings my memory triggers, trips along;
a neurotransmission trips itself more real, filmic.

She whispers something and it sounds like someone
thrushed all night and a ca°Ëeine lullaby, valium dream.

Guilt umbrellas skyward from the trepanation stream –
kicked in the wit again.

Here is an abortive neurotransmission –
cold like an octave drop, relentless like the dial tone.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Salut Sérotonine 1

Here is a translation by Xandère Sélène of my poem "Astrocytes" from Hello Serotonin. A series of her translations of my poems appeared in Revue Le Quartanier in 2005.

ASTROCYTES

Les astrocytes nourrissent les neurones
racontent des conneries métatrophiques à l’axone et à la dendrite
de même, dépolarisent la dose de glucose.

Les astrocytes revendent au noir les cellules gliales
distribuent l’amour neuronal partout, tout
autour, accordent des strophes au compte-gouttes.

Les astrocytes exigent l’extase
veulent planer via la reconnaissance et la transmission
mais, s’envoyer en l’air se prend avec le temps.

Les astrocytes chantent des berceuses
signalent la latence la plus triste
Donc, cette fois c’est terminal.

*

ASTROCYTES

Astrocytes feed neurons
talk metatrophic trash to axon and dendrite
alike, depolarize the glucose fix.

Astrocytes deal from glial cells
spread neuronal love all over, all
around, dole out strophes.

Astrocytes need bliss
want the highs of recognition and transmission
but, starfucking is an acquired agency.

Astrocytes sing lullabies
signal the saddest dormancy
so, this time it’s terminal.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

23 Books! (Oops! 24 books!)


I have edited 23 books in 10 years! Below is a list of the amazing titles I have had the great privilege of working on:

Editor of The Barista and I by Andrew Szymanski. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2012. (forthcoming) Editor of Entry Level by Julie McsIaac. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2012.
Editor of Easy Peasy by Kevin McPherson-Eckhoff. Montreal, Snare Books 2011.
Editor of Metraville by Jamie Popowich. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2011.
Editor of Distillery Songs by Mike Spry. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2010.
Editor of Bird Eat Bird by Katrina Best. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2010. (Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book)
Editor of The Lateral by Jake Kennedy. Montreal: Snare Books, 2010.
Editor of Update by Darren Wershler and Bill Kennedy. Montreal: Snare Books, 2010.
Editor of Selected Blackouts by John Goldbach. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2009.
Editor of Thresh by Kim Minkus. Montreal: Snare Books, 2009. (Robert Kroetsch Award Winner) Editor of Blues and Bliss: Selected Poetry of George Elliott Clarke. Kitchener: Wilfred Laurier, 2008.
Editor of We could be like that couple… by Sarah Steinberg. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2008.
Editor of Variations on Holderlin by Geoffery Hlibchuk. Montreal: Snare Books, 2008.
Editor of Thumbscrews by Natalie Zina Walschots. Montreal: Snare Books, 2008. (Robert Kroetsch Award Winner)
Editor of Delible by Anne Stone. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2007.
Editor of The Emily Valentine Poems by Zoe Whittall. Montreal: Snare Books, 2006.
Editor of Canada Post by Jason Christie. Montreal: Snare Books, 2006. (with ryan fitzpatrick)
Editor of The Coward Files by Ryan Arnold. Montreal: Conundrum Press, 2006.
Editor of Post-Prairie. A Poetry Anthology. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2005.

 (With Robert Kroetsch)
Editor of Cherry by Chandra Mayor. Montreal: Conundrum Press, 2004.

 (Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award Winner)
Editor of Career Suicide! Contemporary Literary Humour. Montreal: DC Books, 2003.


Editor of August Witch by Chandra Mayor. Winnipeg: Cyclops Press, 2002. 

(Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book Winner)
Editor of The Cyclops Review. An Anthology. Winnipeg: Cyclops Press, 2002.


Editor of Trains of Winnipeg by Clive Holden. Montreal: DC Books, 2002.

 (with Robert Allen)