Robert Archambeau (poet)
Robert Archambeau (born 1968) is a poet and literary critic [1] whose works include the books Citation Suite, Home and Variations[2] Laureates and Heretics,[3] The Poet Resigns: Poetry in a Difficult World,[4] The Kafka Sutra[5] and Inventions of a Barbarous Age: Poetry from Conceptualism to Rhyme.[6] He has also edited a number of works, including Word Play Place: Essays on the Poetry of John Matthias,[7] The &NOW Awards: The Best Innovative Writing, and Letters of Blood: English Writings of Göran Printz-Påhlson.[8] Along with John Matthias he is the co-author of Revolutions: A Collaboration, a collection of prose and poetry with images by the artist Jean Dibble.
Son of Canadian ceramic artist,
His recent work explores the social context of the history of poetics: he has been called "our smartest poetic sociologist" in the scholarly journal Contemporary Literature.[10]
In 2001, he ran an election on the
He has received grants and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Illinois Arts Council, and the Swedish Academy. He is a poetry editor of The Fortnightly Review.
Slate magazine listed his book The Poet Resigns as one of the most underrated books of 2013.[12]
Along with
Notes and references
- ^ Poetry Foundation Listing
- ^ Salt Publishing Bio
- ^ University of Notre Dame Press Listing
- ^ "The University of Akron : Book Detail". www.uakron.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16.
- ^ "The Kafka Sutra by Robert Archambeau".
- ^ "Inventions of a Barbarous Age by Robert Archambeau".
- ^ Ohio University Press Page
- ^ Open Book Publishers
- ^ Lake Forest College > Academics > Faculty > Robert Archambeau
- ^ Finklestein, Norman, "Poetics of Contemporaneity", in Contemporary Literature, Volume 52, Number 3, Fall 2011.
- ^ LISTSERV 15.5 - POETICS Archives
- ^ "The Overlooked Books of 2013". Slate. 2 December 2013.
External links
- Samizdat Blog
- The Argotist Online: Robert Archambeau Interview
- Critical Margins interview with Robert Archambeau
- Salt Publishing Author Page
- Poetry Foundation Biography
- Poetry Foundation Biography
- University of ND Press: Laureates and Heretics
- Open Book: Letters of Blood
- Robert Archambeau at Ohio University Press
- Review of Home and Variations in the Notre Dame Review
- Review of Home and Variations in PN Review
- Review of Laureates and Heretics in PN Review
- Review of Laureates and Heretics in Contemporary Literature
- The Anti-Laureate Announcement
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