Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Canadian poets go digital to redefine their craft


Screen shot from the 1984 poem "First Screening" by Canadian poet bpNichol, one of the first Canadian poems to experiment with a digital format. (Geof Huth/YouTube)

Arman Kazemi is a writer and journalist from Vancouver currently working with the CBC Community desk in Toronto. He has an interest in writing on contemporary literature and new media.

About a week ago I tweeted a group of Canadian poets asking their thoughts on what it means to be a poet in the digital era. 

I didn't hear back from everyone I reached out to, but the number of responses I did get from people commenting and retweeting was far greater than I expected.

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