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Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number 210/211, Autumn/Winter 2011, 21st-Century Poetics Published by The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Editor: Margery Fee Associate Editors: Judy Brown (Reviews), Joël Castonguay-Bélanger (Francophone Writing), Glenn Deer (Poetry), Laura Moss (Reviews), Deena Rymhs (Reviews) Past Editors: George Woodcock (1959–1977), W.H. New (1977–1995), Eva-Marie Kröller (1995–2003), Laurie Ricou (2003–2007) Editorial Board Heinz Antor University of Cologne Alison Calder University of Manitoba Cecily Devereux University of Alberta Kristina Fagan University of Saskatchewan Janice Fiamengo University of Ottawa Carole Gerson Simon Fraser University Helen Gilbert University of London Susan Gingell University of Saskatchewan Faye Hammill University of Strathclyde Paul Hjartarson University of Alberta Coral Ann Howells University of Reading Smaro Kamboureli University of Guelph Jon Kertzer University of Calgary Ric Knowles University of Guelph Louise Ladouceur University of Alberta Patricia Merivale University of British Columbia Judit Molnár University of Debrecen Lianne Moyes Université de Montréal Maureen Moynagh St. Francis Xavier University Reingard Nischik University of Constance Ian Rae King’s University College Julie Rak University of Alberta Roxanne Rimstead Université de Sherbrooke Sherry Simon Concordia University Patricia Smart Carleton University David Staines University of Ottawa Cynthia Sugars University of Ottawa Neil ten Kortenaar University of Toronto Marie Vautier University of Victoria Gillian Whitlock University of Queensland David Williams University of Manitoba Mark Williams Victoria University, New Zealand Editorial Margery Fee 21st-Century Poetics 6 Articles Scott Pound Language Writing and the Burden of Critique 9 Katie L. Price A ≠ A: The Potential for a ’Pataphysical Poetic in Dan Farrell’s The Inkblot Record 27 CanLit_210_211_6thProof.indd 1 12-02-22 8:52 PM Articles, continued Sarah Dowling Persons and Voices: Sounding Impossible Bodies in M. NourbeSe Philip’s Zong! 43 Ryan Fitzpatrick and Susan Rudy “These marked spaces lie beneath / the alphabet”: Readers, Borders, and Citizens in Erín Moure’s Recent Work 60 Sonnet L’Abbé North of Invention: Interview with Charles Bernstein and Sarah Dowling 84 Alessandra Capperdoni Why the Avant-Garde?: The Function of the Letter in Canadian Avant-Garde Poetics 97 Meredith Quartermain T’ang’s Bathtub: Innovative Work by Four Canadian Poets 116 Karl Jirgens Neo-Baroque Configurations in Contemporary Canadian Digital Poetics 135 Geordie Miller “Shifting Ground”: Breaking (from) Baudrillard’s “Code” in Autobiography of Red 152 Sonnet L’Abbé “Infiltrate as Cells”: The Biopolitically Ethical Subject of sybil unrest 169 Sean Braune Enantiomorphosis and the Canadian Avant-Garde: Reading Christian Bök, Darren Wershler, and Jeramy Dodds 190 Oana Avasilichioaei and Erín Moure Translation, Collaboration, and Reading the Multiple 207 Poems Michael Aird 42 derek beaulieu 115 Natalie Helberg 59 Stephen Collis 133 Ken Belford 75 Gregory Betts 168 Shane Rhodes 96 Robert Majzels 219 CanLit_210_211_6thProof.indd 2 12-02-22 8:52 PM from Influency Salon Rachel Zolf “Like plugging into an electric circuit”: Fingering Out Erín Moure’s Lesbo-Digit-O! Smut Poems 230 Erín Moure On Zolf’s Neighbour Procedure 241 Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at http://canlit.ca/reviews Authors Reviewed Adam Seelig 251 derek beaulieu 251 Jennifer Still 249 Ken Belford 250 Mark Truscott 250 Louise Dupré 249 Brian Fawcett 252 Reviewers David Hickey 251 Ryan Fitzpatrick 251 Donato Mancini 252 Amanda Lim 249 Roy Miki 252 Travis V. Mason 250 Stan Persky 252 Meredith Quartermain 252 Opinions and Notes derek beaulieu and Gregory Betts Copy Paste Publish: On Appropriation 254 Rachel Zolf Noone Bears Witness 259 Guest Editors: Clint Burnham and Christine Stewart Afterword: 21st-Century Poetics 263 CanLit_210_211_6thProof.indd 3 12-02-22 8:52 PM Canadian Literature, a peer-reviewed journal, welcomes original, unpublished submissions of articles, interviews, and other commentaries relating to writers and writing in Canada, and of previously unpublished poems by Canadian writers. The journal does not publish fiction. Articles of approximately 6500 words (including Notes and Works Cited), double-spaced, in 12-point font size, should be submitted online to canlitsubmit.ca. Submissions must be in Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx). Submissions should include a brief biographical note (50 words) and an abstract (150 words). Articles should follow MLA guidelines for bibliographic format as outlined at http://canlitsubmit.ca/submissions/help. Littérature canadienne, une revue évaluée par les pairs, accueille la sou- mission d’articles, d’entrevues, et d’autres commentaires originaux et non publiés sur les écrivains et l’écriture au Canada, ainsi que de la poésie canadienne pour publication initiale. La revue ne publie pas de fiction. Veuillez soumettre les articles—d’environ 6500 mots (notes et références bibliographiques comprises), à double interligne, taille de la police 12— en ligne à canlitsubmit.ca. 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(It might have been more creative to call it an afterword and put it at the front, but they are guests, and we try to make them happy.) Like them, I want to let the articles, poems, notes, conversations, and reviews speak for themselves, particularly since they are more closely interrelated than is common in most special issues. It’s clear that those writing and written about here live in a world a little at a tangent to the academy and to convention, a world that Canadian Literature is happy to invite you to enjoy. Given that I am co-author of an English usage guide, it might seem that I should be fanatically attached to convention and consistency. But I’m not sure that I’m all that grateful for the labours of those who have standardized spelling, punctuation, bibliographic style, and so on. I am still correcting the spelling of its in doctoral thesis drafts (hint: never put the apostrophe after the “s” because that will always be wrong). Sometimes I wonder if the huge amount of time we spend making sure that everything is consistent is worth it. Who but us, for example, is going to notice that the MLA short title choices in this issue vary from article to article? Nonetheless, if conventions weren’t firm, how would poets get a rise from their readers by shifting accents