From publicity materials, Calvin White's The Bodies and Other Political Poems examines "Our wars, our crimes, our relationships to others, the chronicling of our deeper selves." To White, political means "taking a stand on issues that matter, wading into the nitty-gritty of who we are as humans and the lives we live and are sometimes forced to live. Poetojournalism is commentary and exposure: words create the imagery; poems create the photo; the photo tells the story."

White's fourth collection of poetry, Facing the Sweating Horse (Now Or Never $19.95) embraces all life and matter -- human, fellow species, rocks and water, the air and light ... "all that graces our finite days," says publicity for the book. "Both lithe and wise, Facing the Sweating Horse is to face life in its most trembling, revealing form."

Calvin White has had essays published in all of Canada’s major newspapers. He currently resides in Salmon Arm, B.C.

BOOKS:

Facing the Sweating Horse (Now or Never Publishing, 2022) $19.95 9781989689424

The Bodies and Other Political Poems (Now or Never Publishing, 2015) $17.95 9781926942780

The Secret Life of Teenagers (Key Publishing House, 2013) e-Book $11.99 9781926780429

We Run Faster with the Deer (Turnstone, 2001) 9780888012661

[BCBW 2022]