michael dennis
curriculum vitae
publications:
no gravy, no garlands, no bright lights, privately published, ottawa, 1999
what we pass over in silence, above/ground press, ottawa, 1996
the on - going dilemma of small change, above/ground press, ottawa, 1995
missing the kisses of eloquence, general store publishing, burnstown, ontario, 1994
what we remember and what we forget, bobo press, hull, quebec, 1993
fade to blue, pulp press, vancouver, 1988
portrait, dollarpoems, brandon university, brandon, manitoba, 1988
wayne gretzky in the house of the sleeping beauties, lowlife publishing, toronto, 1988
how to keep a poet out of jail (or: ship of fools, car of idiots), monalisa press, grand tracadie, prince edward island, 1987
so you think you might be judas, privately published, charlottetown, P.E.I., 1987
christmas on the nile, self-published, ottawa, 1985
poems for jessica-flynn, not one cent of subsidy press, ottawa, 1985
no saviour and no special grace, south western ontario poetry, london, 1983
poems for one-eyed jacks, ordinary press, peterborough, 1982
just standin' in the rain talkin' to myself, ordinary press, peterborough, 1982
sometimes passion, sometimes pain, ordinary press, peterborough, 1982
quarter on its edge, fast eddie press, peterborough, 1979
video/recordings/etc...
Rockburn and Company, CBC television, ottawa, 1995
All in a Day, CBC radio, ottawa, 1996
CBO Morning, (radio), ottawa, 1997
the video poets, (video), festival of the arts, ottawa, 1988
dennis/fagan, (tape), public energies, ottawa, 1984
only the mockingbird sings, (tape), public energies, ottawa, 1984
public energies, arlett/dennis, (tape), in your ear productions, ottawa, 1984
poet in a pink tv, (video), cmac productions, peterborough, 1979
periodicals:
the globe and mail, express, alpha, antigonish review, anthos, anti-nuclear poetry, ARC, arthur, bywards, candian author and bookman, canadian literature, canadian forum, carleton literary review, charlataan, cities, crash, CV2, dalhousie review, dandelion, descant, focus, hanged man's dance, hightides, interface, koyo, lunatic gazette, lucky jim's, mamashee, media, nebula, new bohemian (prague, czechoslovakia), 101 dalmations, origins, pierian spring, poesie ottawa poetry, poetry box, poetry canada review, poetry toronto newsletter, poor man's poetry, poster poetry, prairie fire, prism international, proem, quarry, queen's journal, rampike, repository, rikka, rubicon, simcoe review, spectrum, university of toronto review, university of windsor review, vent, viola, waves, wee giant, whetstone, white wall review, wordfire, wot, stanzas
grants/awards:
regional municipality of ottawa-carleton, A-grant, 1996
ontario arts council writers reserve, 1995
archibald lampman poetry award, 1995 finalist for missing the kisses of eloquence
ontario arts council writers reserve, 1989
archibald lampman poetry award, 1989 finalist for fade to blue
city of ottawa book award, 1989 finalist for fade to blue
canada council reading series, 1984-present
ontario arts council award, 1983
recent selected readings
CBC Radio, Ottawa
Amnesty International, Ottawa
Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
Gallerie Son Nom, St. John
Imprerial Pub Library, Toronto
Ottawa International Writer's Festival, Ottawa
forthcoming
this day full of promise, Broken Jaw Press, Fredericton, New Brunswick