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[OPIRG-EVENTS] TODAY - Book Launch: A Different Shred of Skin
Boheme Press (www.bohemeonline.com) and Collected Works Bookstore
Invite you to join
T. Anders Carson
for the launch of his new book with Michael B.
A Different Shred of Skin
October 27th, 2000 - TODAY
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Collected Works Bookstore, 1242 Wellington St., near the corner of Holland
St., Ottawa (722-1265)
A Different Shred of Skin (Undead Poets Press; 1-930769-00-8; 115pp;
$18.95) is the first poetry book combining the photographs of Swiss
photographer Michael B. and the poetry of T. Anders Carson. There are 39
poems that feel their way through the collection. Carson's work gives hope
to a world filled with lubricated suffering. Where have his eyes been?
They've been open. Michael B. has a supreme gift with the lens. He can
capture the innocence beyond the next bend. He can see forming in front of
his eyes the scope of acceptance and reality. His sutblety is graceful. The
combined power of both mediums is effectively used in portraying the hope
and acceptance needed to maintain stability in our unbalanced world. The
images will linger long after you've turned the page as this is a book that
will warm the shelves of any collection.
In a Different Shred of Skin, T. Anders Carson roots out the genuine,
casting aside of artificial distractions. His poetry bores at the heart of
that which defines us: the travails of human interaction, the search for
meaning and experience in a world increasingly insular and similar.
Suicide, mental illness, abuse, but also fleeting tenderness and
compassion, mark these
poems like faded signposts on a rough gravel road.
-Matt Firth, Front and Centre Magazine
Join us for the launch of this startling new book!
Full press release follows below.
Box 1017 ? Station F ? Toronto ? Ontario ? T (416) 426-7547 ? F
(905) 303-7978 ? bohemepress@netcom.ca
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Max Maccari
(416) 426-7547
A Different Shred of Skin
Poems by T. Anders Carson
Photographs by Michael B.
In a Different Shred of Skin, T. Anders Carson roots out the genuine,
casting aside
of artificial distractions. His poetry bores at the heart of that which
defines us: the travails
of human interaction, the search for meaning and experience in a world
increasingly insular and similar. Suicide, mental illness, abuse, but also
fleeting tenderness and compassion, mark these
poems like faded signposts on a rough gravel road.
? Matt Firth, Front and Centre Magazine
Toronto; October 15, 2000 ? A Different Shred of Skin (Undead Poets Press;
1-930769-00-8; 115pp; $18.95) is the first poetry book combining the
photographs of Swiss photographer Michael B. and the poetry of T. Anders
Carson. Neither of them are strangers to the art world. Michael B. has had
his work shown in galleries throughout Europe and Anders has had over 250
poems published in national and international publications. The two of them
met on a harrowing taxi ride in Egypt.
There are 39 poems that feel their way through the collection. Carson'
s work gives hope to a world filled with lubricated suffering. Where have
his eyes been? They've been open. They've watched and felt that life needs
to be real. The poems combine the horror of abuse with a compassion that
shares troubled intimacy. The honesty is often brutal but modest and
entails the reader to finish each poem. Conclusions are modified and
empowered. The courage with which these poems were written can be seen on
every page. It is a courage that exists within?a universal portrayal of
growing up in a disembodied world with symbols and logos for friendship and
the bottom line: your soul.
Michael B. has a supreme gift with the lens. He can capture the
innocence beyond the next bend. He can see forming in front of his eyes the
scope of acceptance and reality: a couple dances a dance; a man sits alone
in a church; another neon sign; footsteps in cement?all seen by our eyes
but elevated by Michael and his vision. His subtlety is graceful. He is a
watcher. One that is among us, capturing us. Through the scarred streets,
unmade beds, spiraling staircases to somewhere, we see our angelic human
soul in the light. The seductive shutter opens to reveal the essence of our
boxed revelations. These pictures portray pain and hope as a way to
overcome stringent suffering. The text is a mirror. You can see beyond the
next bend.
The combined power of both mediums is effectively used in portraying
the hope and acceptance needed to maintain stability in our unbalanced
world. The images will linger long after you've turned the page as this is
a book that will warm the shelves of any collection.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
T. Anders Carson has attended a residency at the Helene Wurlitzer
Foundation of New Mexico. He is the recipient of both an Ontario Arts
Council and a Canada Council Grant. His work has appeared in periodicals
and magazines in 19 countries including translations into Greek, Japanese,
and Swedish. A Different Shred of Skin is his first full-length collection
of poetry. He recently won the Canadian Poetry Association's 2000 Poetry
Contest. He resides in Portland, Ontario with Vicki and their daughter
Emilia.
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Michael B. has had solo exhibitions in Chur, Switzerland in 1990, 1994,
1995, 1996, and 1998 as well as in Germany in 1999 and Zurich, Switzerland
in 2000. His work has also appeared in art museums and galleries in
Slovakia in 1994 and 1995. He has had group exhibitions in Chur and other
towns in Switzerland in 1999. He is currently working on a group exhibition
at the Art Museum in Chur. Michael B. resides in Zurich.
ABOUT BOHEME PRESS
Boheme Press was established in May 1999 as a book publisher of literary
fiction, poetry, and selected non-fiction. Its mandate is to promote the
work of new authors on a North American scale. For more information on the
press, check out their website at www.bohemeonline.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION about A Different Shred of Skin or to book an
interview or appearance, please contact Max Maccari at (416) 426-7547.
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