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Christopher Levenson taught English and Creative writing at Carleton University, Ottawa, before moving to Vancouver. He was co-founder and first editor of Arc magazine and series editor of Carleton University Press's Harbinger imprint for first books of poetry. One of his earlier poetry titles, Arriving at Night, won the Archibald Lampman Award in 1978.
The title of his tenth collection, Night Vision (Quattro, 2014) refers both to the goggles worn by soldiers that allow them to see in the dark in order to destroy and kill, and the metaphorical night that threatens mankind with political chaos and environmental degradation. The poems describe Vancouver, Calgary, the U.S., Latin America and Europe.
Getting To Know You (2014) is his suite of eighteen poems about Vancouver, where he has lived since August of 2007. The poems are accompanied by nine etchings by Sigrid Albert. It was printed in a limited edition of thirty, hand-crafted copies designed by printer Peter Braune at New Leaf Editions on Granville Island.
BOOKS:
Cairns (Chatto & Windus, Hogarth Press, 1969) $28.74 978-0-7011-1486-2
Stills. (Chatto & Windus, London, 1972) 978-0701118327
Into the Open (Golden Dog Press, 1977) $38.00 978-0-919614-23-9
The Journey Back (Sesame Press, 1978) $22.62 978-0-920580-00-4
Arriving at Night (Mosaic Press, 1986) $16.00 978-0-88962-341-5
The Return (Mandeville Press, England, 1986) 978-0-904533-96-5
Half Truths (Wolsak and Wynn, 1990) $25.00 978-0919897212
Duplicities: New and Selected Poems (Mosaic Press, 1992) 978-0-88962-527-3
The Bridge (BuschekBooks, 2000) $14.99 978-1-894543-02-6
Local Time (Stone Flower Press, 2006) 978-0-9737607-2-9
Night Vision (Quattro, 2014) $18 978-1-927443-58-3
A tattered coat upon a stick (Quattro, 2017) $18 978-1-988254-40-1
Moorings (Caitlin Press, 2023) $20.00 978-1773861272
Translations:
Light of the World: An Anthology of Seventeenth Century Dutch Religious and Occasional Poetry (Netherlandic Press, 1982) 978-0-919417-04-5
Seeking Love's Solace (Aliquando Press, 1982)
[BCBW 2024]
The title of his tenth collection, Night Vision (Quattro, 2014) refers both to the goggles worn by soldiers that allow them to see in the dark in order to destroy and kill, and the metaphorical night that threatens mankind with political chaos and environmental degradation. The poems describe Vancouver, Calgary, the U.S., Latin America and Europe.
Getting To Know You (2014) is his suite of eighteen poems about Vancouver, where he has lived since August of 2007. The poems are accompanied by nine etchings by Sigrid Albert. It was printed in a limited edition of thirty, hand-crafted copies designed by printer Peter Braune at New Leaf Editions on Granville Island.
BOOKS:
Cairns (Chatto & Windus, Hogarth Press, 1969) $28.74 978-0-7011-1486-2
Stills. (Chatto & Windus, London, 1972) 978-0701118327
Into the Open (Golden Dog Press, 1977) $38.00 978-0-919614-23-9
The Journey Back (Sesame Press, 1978) $22.62 978-0-920580-00-4
Arriving at Night (Mosaic Press, 1986) $16.00 978-0-88962-341-5
The Return (Mandeville Press, England, 1986) 978-0-904533-96-5
Half Truths (Wolsak and Wynn, 1990) $25.00 978-0919897212
Duplicities: New and Selected Poems (Mosaic Press, 1992) 978-0-88962-527-3
The Bridge (BuschekBooks, 2000) $14.99 978-1-894543-02-6
Local Time (Stone Flower Press, 2006) 978-0-9737607-2-9
Night Vision (Quattro, 2014) $18 978-1-927443-58-3
A tattered coat upon a stick (Quattro, 2017) $18 978-1-988254-40-1
Moorings (Caitlin Press, 2023) $20.00 978-1773861272
Translations:
Light of the World: An Anthology of Seventeenth Century Dutch Religious and Occasional Poetry (Netherlandic Press, 1982) 978-0-919417-04-5
Seeking Love's Solace (Aliquando Press, 1982)
[BCBW 2024]
