Volume 28.4

Winter 2004

JOHN MONTAGUE – Seven Poems

John Montague of Ireland, a contributing editor to Exile since its inception in 1972, includes among his major publications Death of a Chieftain (stories), The Rough Field, The Great Cloak, The Dead Kingdom, Mount Eagle, Collected Poems (published the year he received the America Ireland Fund Literary Award) and Smashing the Piano. In 1998 he became the first Ireland Professor of Poetry.

RAY ROBERTSON – What Happened Later

Ray Robertson of Canada is the author of the novels Home Movies, Heroes, Moody Food, and, most recently, Gently Down the Stream, as well as Mental Hygiene: Essays on Writers and Writing.

SANDRO VERONESI – A Hundred Little Tottis

Sandro Veronesi was born in Florence. He has published: Per dove parte questo treno allegro, Gli sfiorati, Occhio per occhio. La pena di morte in quattro storie, Venite venite B-52; La forza del passato, for which he won the Viareggio and Campiello Prizes. In 2002 in Superalbo­le storie complete he collected his accounts of bizarre and significant events of recent Italian public life‹from which a film was adapted‹La forza del passato. This story will appear in the Spring in the United States in Italville, a collection of contemporary Italian fiction and poetry.

LOUIS PHILLIPS – Two Visual Poems

Louis Phillips of the United States is the author of The Bus to the Moon and Other Stories.

JOE ROSENBLATT – Sonnets

Joe Rosenblatt of Canada received the Governor General’s Award for his selected poems Top Soil. He is also the author of Poetry Hotel (The B.C. Book Prize), A Tentacled Mother, Escape from the Glue Factory, The Joe Rosenblatt Reader and Parrot Fever.

EARLIE FIRES – 31

Earlie Fires of Canada, publishing for the first time, is engaged in a collection of stories in which he himself plays a part, and collection to be called either Blatt or Yellow Dog Blues.

ARNALDO COLASANTI – The Lesson

Arnaldo Colasanti was born in Fiuggi. He is co-director of the literary magazine Nuovi Argomenti and editor of Poesia, as well as being the author of various studies of Italian and French literature. Among his most recent publications: Novanta. Il conformismo della cultura italiana, the novel Gatti e scimmie (Grinzane Cavour Prize), and the collection of essays Rosebud. Una generazione di scrittori italiani. This story will appear in the Spring in the United States in Italville, a collection of contemporary Italian fiction and poetry.

JAMES CLARKE – Four Poems

James Clarke of Canada has published six books of poetry, including Silver Mercies, The Way Everyone Is Inside, and How to Bribe a Judge. He is a justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, General Division.

GIOSUÈ CALACIURA – The Ship

Giosuè Calaciura of Palermo is a journalist, and has written for theatre and radio. He has published the novels Malacarne and Sgobbo (finalist for the Campiello prize). This story will appear in the Spring in the United States in Italville, a collection of contemporary Italian fiction and poetry.

EARLE TOPPINGS – Two Found Poems

Earle Toppings of Canada is a respected interviewer of Canadian and international writers. These are his first published poems.

NATHAN SELLYN – Indigenous Beasts

Nathan Sellyn of Canada has published two stories in THIS magazine. He is completing a collection of short fiction, Indigenous Beasts & Other Stories.

ERINA HARRIS – Time of Month

Erina Harris of Canada has published a chapbook, The 82 Short Poems of Eliza, and has appeared in Arc, THIS magazine, Grain, Other Voices and Exile.

SUSAN TELFER – Four Sonnets

Susan Telfer of Canada is a young west coast poet. These sonnets are her first published poems.

RICHARD TELEKY – Winter in Hollywood

Richard Teleky of Canada has published two novels, Pack Up the Moon and The Paris Years of Rosie Kamin, which won the American Harold Ribalow Prize for the best novel of 1999.

DIM SAMPAIO – Cover Paintings

Dim Sampaio (cover) of Brazil had his first one-man show in 1998 and has exhibited since in Brazil and Italy, especially Bologna, and in 2003 was the Special Guest at the 9th International Biennale Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Cairo. In 2005, he will be exhibiting in Montreal.

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Autumn 2004

Editorial note: Over the years, the biographical note for young writers appearing in EXILE has, time and again, contained the phrase “this is his/her first published work.” In this issue, fronting and backing our section of eight established Danish authors, we have published several more such first-timers, five of them from Canada. As a title for these two groupings we have used the name for an upcoming anthology of “first published” works–to be chosen from 28 Volumes of EXILE–an anthology called, ME, FIRST.

Me, First: I

MATT SHAW – Matchbook for a Mother’s Hair

Matt Shaw of Canada is a young writer and musician working on his debut novel and poetry collection. This is his first publication.

JAMES HART – Six Poems

James Hart of the United States is a poet, teacher and publisher. His poetry has been in Doubletake Magazine, Hand to Hand, and The Beverwyck. This selection is from Milding, his first collection to be published this autumn.

AISHA JOHN – The Shape of Things

Aisha John of Canada is publishing for the first time, and is working toward completing a book of short stories.

Danish Section

HELLE HELLE – Three Stories

Helle Helle made her literary debut in 1993 with a collection of short prose texts and has since published one novel and two volumes of stories, most recently Biler og dyr [Cars and Animals].

HENRIK NORDBRANDT – Sixteen Poems

Henrik Nordbrandt read Oriental Languages at Copenhagen University and various universities abroad. He has spent most of his adult life outside Denmark, living for a considerable period in Turkey. He has published over twenty volumes of poetry, as well as work in several other genres, and has won numerous literary awards, including the Nordic Council Prize for Literature in 2000. Five selections of his poetry have so far appeared in English.

SIMON FRUELAND – The Short Story of My Life

Simon Fruelund has published two collections of short stories, Mælk [Milk] and Planer for sommeren [Summer Plans]. Some of his stories have appeared in Hungarian.

PIA JUUL – Nine Poems

Pia Juul published her first book, a collection of poems, in 1985. She has since published four more books of poems, most recently Sagde jeg, siger jeg [I said, I say]. She has also published a stage play, three radio plays, a novel, and a collection of stories, as well as translations into Danish from English (Ted Hughes) and Swedish. She lives in Kragevig, Denmark, in the southern part of Sjælland (Zealand). Translations of her poems will appear in a forthcoming anthology of contemporary Nordic poetry, edited by Anni Sumari and Nicolaj Stochholm, to be published in the U.S. by Slope Edi-tions.

STIG DALAGER – The Dream

Stig Dalager made his literary debut in 1980 with a collection of short stories, The Vandals Association and Other Stories. His forty-seven published works include nine collections of poems, seven novels, several collections of short stories, seventeen plays for stage or radio, a film script, and three television screenplays. His latest novel, Journey in Blue, deals with Hans Christian Andersen and will be published in France, Germany, Brazil, China, etc. His monologue “I Count the Hours,” set in the besieged and devastated city of Sarajevo in the 1990s, has been translated into a dozen languages and performed in both the USA and Bosnia. Dalager’s play The Dream had its world premiere in New York in 1999, has been running in Moscow for four years, and will be staged in Prague, Geneva, and other cities. In 2005, two new plays by Dalager will be staged in New York: Lord and Shadow, and Family Night, which will be produced by The Players.

PIA TAFDRUP – Eight Poems

Pia Tafdrup made her literary debut in 1980. Her eleven volumes of poetry have met critical acclaim and wide popularity, and her work has appeared in English, French, and Swedish translations. In addition to her poetry, Tafdrup has published a volume of poetics and two plays; she has also edited two anthologies of contemporary Danish poetry. A compact disc with her readings in Danish of selected poems (1981-1994) was issued in 1995. In 1989 she was inducted into the Danish Academy; in 1999 she won the Nordic Council Prize for Literature. (www.tafdrup.com)

JØRGEN GUSTAVA BRANDT – Five Poems

Jørgen Gustava Brandt, a member of the Danish Academy, made his literary debut in 1948. He has published over one hundred works in several genres, including poetry, novel, short story, essay, and memoir. He has won numerous literary awards, among them the Premio Frescobaldi in 1992, and his work has been published in English, French, Hebrew, and other languages. Over the past seven years he has published a new collection of poems each year – two in 2004, his 75th year.

CHRISTINA HASSELHOLDT – You, My You

Christina Hesselholdt made her literary debut in 1991 with the first novel in a trilogy; the second and third volumes appeared in 1993 and 1997. She has published four other novels, the most recent, Du, mit du [You, My You]. She is also the author of four children’s books.

Me, First: II

LAUREN KIRSHNER – Twenty-one

Lauren Kirshner of Canada has appeared in Now Magazine, the Toronto Star, the Dalhousie Gazette, and the Independent at U of T. She is the recipient of the 2004 Hart House Poetry Award. This is her first published work in a journal.

JAMIE MATECHUK – A Report: The Death of Two Wolves

Jamie Matechuk of Canada won the Judith Eve Gerwurtz Award for Poetry in 2004 from York University and is currently at work on his first novel, 5 Missing Filanges. This is his first published work.

HAROLD HOEFLE – Downtime

Harold Hoefle of Canada has just completed Taking Shots, a collection of short fiction, of which an earlier version won an Honourable Mention for the 2003 David Adams Richards Award, sponsored by the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick.

Artists

MICHAEL CALLAGHAN – Cover

Michael Callaghan (cover) of Canada has had his paintings, prints and CGIs appear on numerous book covers, has exhibited his work in Canada and Mexico, and is in private collections in Canada, Mexico, and the US.(www.wakingtotheworld.com)

GABRIELA CAMPOS – Four Paintings

Gabriela Campos (paintings) of Mexico lives and paints in both Oaxaca, Mexico, and Holstein, Ontario. She has exhibited in Mexico, Canada, the US and Europe, and is in many private collections.(www.gabrielacampos.com)

JOHN REEVES – Photographs

John Reeves (photographs) of Canada is outstanding among this country’s photographers. Collections of his portrait work include About Face, Exile’s Exiles and Incontro: Where Italy and Canada Meet.

Summer 2004

KRISTI-LY GREEN – Notes from a Sinus Infected Country (Respiration Obscured)

Kristi-Ly Green of Canada has published in several literary journals and is the author of a book of short stories, Nits. A story from that book recently appeared in ¿Dónde es aqui? an anthology of short fiction from Canada, published in translation in Mexico, and another story appeared in Margaret Atwood Presents: Stories by Canada’s Best New Women Writers.

ELLE ROOKE – The Arts Tonight

Elle Rooke of Canada, writing for years under the nom de plume of Leon Rooke, is the author of – among other books–Oh!, Who Goes There, Fat Woman, Shakespeare’s Dog, and The Face of Gravity.

ANDRA NEIBURGA – Push Push

Andra Neiburga of Latvia is the author of two story collections, Stuffed Birds and Birds in Cages and Push, Push, and a children’s book, The Story of Tilli and the Dogs’ Man.

MARILYN BOWERING – Coats

Marilyn Bowering of Canada has published several volumes of poetry, including Sleeping With Lambs, Giving Back Diamonds, Anyone Can See I Love You, The Sunday Before Winter, Grandfather Was a Soldier, Love as It Is, and an Autobiography. She has published a novel, To All Appearances a Lady.

SAMANTHA BERNSTEIN – Prelude and Two Poems

Samantha Bernstein of Canada is a young writer. She has won the Sorbara and President’s Writing Awards from York University. This is her first published work.

KENNETH J. HARVEY – The Forest of that Tree

Kenneth J. Harvey of Canada is a poet, novelist, and essayist. Among his works are Kill the Poets: anti-verse, The Hole That Must Be Filled, Brud, The Great Misogynist, Everyone Hates a Beauty Queen; his first biography is Little White Squaw (co-written with Eve Mills Nash), and his latest novel is The Town That Forgot How to Breathe. His new story collection, Shack, will appear in the autumn of 2004.

SAM CHEUK – Four Poems

Sam Cheuk of Canada is a young writer. These are his first published poems.

DANIEL NEMIROFF – Three Stories

Daniel Nemiroff of Canada has written and toured the country with three Fringe plays, Live Sex Show-Llamas, Step, and The Devil’s Asylum. He has worked as a freelance journalist, soccer coach, debating coach, statistician, script doctor, and quasi-mob enforcer. His first published story appeared in Volume 28.1, and his first collection of stories, Nasty, Short and Brutal will appear in the autumn of 2004.

RICHARD TELEKY – For Zoli

Richard Teleky of Canada has published two novels, Pack Up the Moon and The Paris Years of Rosie Kamin, which won the American Harold Ribalow Prize for the best novel of 1999.

NORA IKSTENA – Amaryllises

Nora Ikstena of Latvia has published four collections of short stories, Trifles and Amusements, Deceptive Romances, Tales with Endings, Life Stories; two novels, Celebration of Life and The Education of a Virgin; as well as the biographies, Returning and Unbelievably…Stories About the Three Lives of Bruno Rubess.

LEN GASPARINI – My Uncle Roy

Len Gasparini of Canada is the author of Ink From an Octopus, Blind Spot, A Demon in My View, and Broken World: Collected Works.

ARVIS KOLMANIS – The Drunk Cupid or the Dead God

Arvis Kolmanis of Latvia is the author of a novel, The Drunk Cupid or the Dead God.

MARTHA TOLEDO – Cover Photographs

Martha Toledo (cover) of Mexico has exhibited in Germany, Italy, El Salvador and Mexico. She is currently working on a photography book exploring the life of women in southern Mexico.

STEPHEN ZEIFMAN – Photo Section

Stephen Zeifman (photo section) of Canada is the author of three works of fiction including Peripheral Vision, The Family Man and The Good Friend. He has been experimenting with photographic techniques since 1979 when his work was first shown at Idee Gallery in Toronto.

Spring 2004

SHANNON BRAMER – The Father-Daughter Dance

shannon bramer of Canada has published two volumes: suitcases and other poems and scarf. In 1999, she received the Best Book Award from the Hamilton Arts Council.

DANIEL NEMIROFF – Good John

Daniel Nemiroff of Canada has written and toured the country with three Fringe plays, Live Sex Show-Llamas, Step, and The Devil’s Asylum. He has worked as a freelance journalist, soccer coach, debating coach, statistician, script doctor, and quasi-mob enforcer. His first published story appeared in Volume 28.1, and his first collection of stories, Nasty, Short and Brutal will appear in the autumn of 2004.

KEN BABSTOCK – Seven Poems

Ken Babstock of Canada is the author of two collections of poems, Mean, and Days into Flatspin. He is poetry editor at House of Anansi Press.

STEVEN HEIGHTON – Two Poems

Steven Heighton of Canada will have a new collection of poems, The Address Book, this spring. His last book was a novel, The Shadow Boxer, which was a Publisher’s Weekly Book of the Year in the U.S.A., and recently appeared in Britain with Granta Books, and in Italy with edizioni c/o. Currently, he is writer-in-residence at Massey College, University of Toronto.

LINDA REVIE – Floating Signifiers Without the Signified

Linda Revie of Canada, with “Floating Signifiers Without the Signifieds” – winner of the Waterloo Regional Arts Council Fiction Competition – is publishing fiction for the first time.

NICOLE BROSSARD – Analysis of a Sound in the Middle of the Night

Nicole Brossard of Canada has twice won the Governor General’s Award and the Grand Prix de la Poésie de la Fondation des Forges. She has published nineteen collections of poetry and eight novels. Museum of Bone and Water is the most recent collection of her work to appear in translation.

MEAGHAN STRIMAS – The Junk Man Re-Collections

Meaghan Strimas of Canada has published once before in Exile. She has completed her first book – Junk Man’s Daughter – to appear in 2004, and is at work on a second, Emblem.

AUDE – Human

Aude of Canada lives in Quebec City. Her novelistic collection of stories, The Imperceptible Movement, received the Governor General’s Award for fiction. Human, a novel, will appear in the summer of 2004.

DAVID DONNELL – Nine Poems

David Donnell of Canada has published poetry: The Blue Sky, Dangerous Crossings, Settlements, China Blues–Poems and Stories, and Dancing in the Dark; and prose: Hemingway in Toronto/A Post-Modern Tribute, and The Blue Ontario Hemingway Boat Race. This Spring he is publishing Sometimes a Great Notion.

HUGH GRAHAM – Last

Hugh Graham of Canada, a Toronto journalist and screenwriter, is the author of a play, Where the Sun Don’t Shine, and a memoir of travels to Central America at the height of the Contra War, Ploughing the Seas.

PETER ROCHON – Cover

Peter Rochon (cover) of Canada has long painted those people who are the marginalized of society. He has exhibited in Canada, the United States, Belgium and England.

GIANGUIDO FUCITO – Colour Section

Gianguido Fucito (colour section) is a Canadian artist from Venice, Italy. He has curated for galleries and corporations in Ottawa and Montreal, and is responsible for collaborative projects with a number of Canadian, American and European art galleries. His works are in many private, public and corporate collections.