DO IT WRONG: a video interview with DEREK BEAULIEU
How to be a Poet in the Twenty-First Century
I had the great pleasure of having an in-depth conversation with Derek Beaulieu centred around his new book DO IT WRONG. Derek is an old friend of mine and despite that(!) he’s always fun and inspiring to talk to. His insight and enthusiasm about the possibilities of writing, creation, teaching and being-in-the world are energizing.
The video? Look down. Waaay down.
Derek Beaulieu is the author/editor of over twenty-five collections of poetry, prose, and criticism. His most recent volume of fiction, Silence: Lectures and Writings, was published by Sweden’s Timglaset Editions, his most recent volume of poetry, Surface Tension, was published by Toronto’s Coach House Books. Beaulieu has received the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for his dedication to Albertan literature. He is the only graduate from the University of Calgary’s Department of English to receive the Faculty of Arts ‘Celebrated Alumni Award’ and the only graduate in creative writing to receive Roehampton University’s Chancellor’s Alumni Award. Beaulieu has served as Poet Laureate of both Calgary and Banff and is the Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
