John Harris

John Harris is the author of 'Small Rain," "Other Art" and "Tungsten John." He lives in Prince George, B.C.

Poet and Son: Wat Raleigh

By John Harris / 2013 May 22
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John Harris’s “Poet and Son” series tells the tale of Walter and Wat Raleigh.

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Poet and Son: William Gascoigne

By John Harris / 2013 May 15
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The second of John Harris’s series “Poet and Son” is about George and William Gascoigne.

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Poet and Son: Lewis Chaucer

By John Harris / 2013 May 7
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The first of John Harris’s series-in-progress, “Poet and Son,” is about Geoffrey and Lewis Chaucer.

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Self-Publish or Perish

By John Harris / 2012 November 2
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John Harris goes to the Writers Union AGM to learn about self-publishing. Here’s his report on what he learned

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Megaballers: Charlotte Gill’s Eating Dirt

By John Harris / 2012 June 1
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John Harris takes on Charlotte Gill’s award winning book on treeplanting. He thinks it’s pretty good, but better on forestry and treeplanting than on the treeplanters themselves.

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Who Killed CanLit?

By John Harris / 2012 March 26
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John Harris looks at the recent Canadian Notes and Queries issue on who killed CanLit, whether or not it’s really dead, and whether a bunch of comfortable white guys are positioned to determine its condition.

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Versions of North

By John Harris / 2011 November 5
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John Harris “does” G.P. Lainsbury’s long poem, Versions of North, thus establishing Lainsbury as a serious force in B.C. Poetry.

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The New Ken Belford: Reaching Out without Selling Out

By John Harris / 2010 June 10
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John Harris gives Ken Belford’s new book of poems the kind of close reading poets ought to be willing to kill to get, even when it doesn’t entirely come out the way they’d want.

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A Florida Christmas Story

By John Harris / 2009 December 24
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In the spirit of this Yuletide, John Harris posts a retelling of what Good King Wenceslas really did upon the Feast of Stephen–according to a now Florida-based neo-Capitalist culture hero of yore. Merry Christmas, all!

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More on Juxtaposition

By John Harris / 2009 November 25
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John Harris loses his temper at the dooneyscafe.com editors, and then quickly regains control of it. Thus, the editors get what they asked for, and the universe continues to unfold as it should.

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