the advent of the radio.

It's Saturday... and that means it's radio day!
Listen at six pm at 92.7 fm.
or listen to the streaming.

Tonight's show is called 'small print' I'll be reading from a bunch of contemporary Canadian poets that are showcased in a compilation called 'Open Field' which I have been loving of late.
Listen tonight for some poems from Christian Bok, which I've been practicing. He has an obsession with vowels.

He created these poems called 'Chapter A', Chapter O', 'Chapter E' etc. where the poems are made using ONLY the vowel of the 'chapter'. There are other rules within the poems, words can only be repeated so many times. The texts must exaust the lexicon of words for each vowel. 98% of the available repertoire for each vowel is used. Each poem must at some point describe a feast. Each poem must speak about the craft of writing and describe a prurient debauch, a nautical voyage and apastoral tableau. It's brilliant guys. Absolutely brilliant.

As with most contemporary nights... listener discretion is advised. I always lean toward education rather than censorship though, so I encourage you to be brave. Words have a lot of power, let us be open to them.

Tonight then!