a seed within
- Publisher
- Hidden Brook Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2013
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897475997
- Publish Date
- Jun 2013
- List Price
- $12.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 15 to 18
- Grade: 10 to 12
Description
About the author
Contributor Notes
Bio for The Texture.......
Bruce Kauffman lives in Kingston, Ontario and is a poet, writer and editor. A chapbook of his poetry, seed (The Plowman), was published in 2005, and with consideration to be re-published and bound by Hidden Brook Press. A stand-alone poem, “streets” (Thee Hellbox Press) was published in 2009. The Texture of Days, In Leaf and Ash (Hidden Brook Press) is his first full collection of poetry. ?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
His work has appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies, including a book review in The Antigonish Review (fall /2010) for John Pigeau’s The Nothing Waltz (Hidden Brook Press). His poetry has also appeared in two plays, The Garbage and the Flowers (2008) and A Moveable Feast (2009). His poem “potter”, appearing in this collection, was shortlisted in the 1995 Poiesis Poetry Competition.
In 1997/1998 he was research editor and volunteer coordinator for a poetry short collection and reference manual, the Poiesis Poetry Guide (1998). Beginning in 2011 he coordinated and edited That Not Forgotten (Hidden Brook Press), a 400 page poetry/short fiction anthology of 118 locally tied poets and authors, launched in September 2012.
In May 2010, he began hosting a weekly spoken word radio show on CFRC 101.9fm (Queen’s University, Kingston, ON) called "finding a voice" and now also hosts a blogspace for that show at http://findingavoiceoncfrcfm.wordpress.com/. As well, he hosts a monthly open mic reading series called "poetry @ the artel" (launched in May, 2009), and in June of 2012 began a quarterly series of "stream of consciousness" writing workshops (Kingston based, but will be spreading in 2013 to outlying areas).
He is a member of a local writers group, and joined the Wintergreen Studios Press Advisory Board as Acquisitions Editor in July, 2012. He is currently editing other work and working on two of his own manuscripts.
Excerpt: a seed within (by (author) Bruce Kauffman)
P class=MsoNormalCxSpFirst style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto">Preface?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto"> P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto"> P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto"> P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto">This shorter collection of poetry is an expansion of a previously published chapbook, seed (The Plowman Press, 2005). P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto"> P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto">There is a presumption on my part that the original press closed its doors shortly after my chapbook was published and I was not able to either connect or contact that publisher when I attempted to obtain additional copies of the chapbook. I would, however, like to acknowledge that press and say that it was wonderful working with them as my first chapbook of poetry came out, and to give them publishing credit for what is a substantial part of this work. P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto"> P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto">Hidden Brook Press approached me with an interest in an expanded version of the chapbook, so that it could be contained in a small bound book. I expressed a desire to allow those poems to reappear. P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto"> P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto">This book is divided into three sections: the “Prologue”, “Seed”, and the “Epilogue”. The first and last section, somewhat themed, act as both an expansion of and cover for the middle section that was the chapbook itself, and laid out exactly as it was in 2005. P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto"> P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 14.2pt 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-add-space: auto">My thanks so Tai Grove, publisher Hidden Brook Press, for his invitation to allow this to again come to light in a broader way.
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