John Lent, Home

Craig McLuckie (Okanagan College)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2003

Places

Canada (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Poem collection

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“Home” is a broadsheet commission written by John Lent for Greenboathouse Press, a small publisher of chapbooks, noted for their design-conscious production work and frequently for the literary merit and experimentalism of their chapbooks. The poem was commissioned “as a (late) New Year’s greeting” for presentation to those who have supported the Press.

“Home” is a five stanza 39 line poem in an edition of 100 signed copies. The production is of an extremely high quality: a 66cm deep and 16cm wide, high rag content paper is folded vertically as a cover for the poem within, which is printed on quality Zerkell Ingres paper. The typeset is Bembo & Centaur. This is a visually and physically sensuous broadsheet.

“Home” is a five stanza 39 line poem in an edition of 100 signed…

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Citation: McLuckie, Craig. "Home". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 March 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=15217, accessed 16 April 2024.]

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