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Description
A counter punching radio' text that draws a parallel between a punch-drunk fighter and a macho funky writer in language as spare and sharp as obsidian.
About the author
Michael Barnholden
Michael Barnholden holds a Master of Arts degree in Liberal Sciences from Simon Fraser University, and is associate director of Humanities 101 at the University of British Columbia. A member of the board of the Kootenay School of Writing, managing editor of the literary magazine West Coast LINE, Barnholden is the author of several books of poetry and non-fiction, including Reading the Riot Act (Anvil Press, 2005) and Circumstances Alter Photographs (Talonbooks 2009).
Other titles by
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Flow
Poems Collected and New
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Circumstances Alter Photographs
Captain James Peters' Reports from the War of 1885
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Gabriel Dumont Speaks 2nd Edition
Revised 2nd Edition
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Street Stories
100 Years of Homelessness
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Street Stories
100 Years of Homelessness in Vancouver
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Reading the Riot Act
A Brief History of Riots in Vancouver
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Writing Class
The Kootenay School of Writing Anthology