Times Literary Supplement lauds book on Bringhurst
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 4:00am
Faculty member Mark Dickinson’s book Listening for the Heartbeat of Being: The Arts of Robert Bringhurst was glowingly reviewed in the July edition of the prestigious Times Literary Supplement. Co-edited with Brent Wood, the book is a compilation of essays on Bringhurst, an American-born author, translator and poet who currently resides on Quadra Island, BC.
Dickinson, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, sees Bringhurst as a Renaissance man and "the Indiana Jones of Canadian letters" for his wide-ranging work. Bringhurst wrote The Elements of Typographic Style, has translated works from classical Greek, Arabic, Navajo and Haida, and was a student of the Haida master carver Bill Reid.
The review notes: “In the subtitle of the invaluable first-ever compilation of essays about Bringhurst, Listening for the Heartbeat of Being, the editors have wisely chosen the subtitle the Arts of Robert Bringhurst. A singular “Art” there wouldn’t suggest his multiple activities as poet, essayist, typographer, book designer, translator and cultural historian. In contemporary Canadian writing and English-language poetry worldwide, nobody’s range of pursuits resembles Bringhurst’s.”
The book is published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Contributors include Margaret Atwood and Dennis Lee.
Faculty member Mark Dickinson’s book Listening for the Heartbeat of Being: The Arts of Robert Bringhurst was glowingly reviewed in the July edition of the prestigious Times Literary Supplement. Co-edited with Brent Wood, the book is a compilation of essays on Bringhurst, an American-born author, translator and poet who currently resides on Quadra Island, BC.
Dickinson, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, sees Bringhurst as a Renaissance man and "the Indiana Jones of Canadian letters" for his wide-ranging work. Bringhurst wrote The Elements of Typographic Style, has translated works from classical Greek, Arabic, Navajo and Haida, and was a student of the Haida master carver Bill Reid.
The review notes: “In the subtitle of the invaluable first-ever compilation of essays about Bringhurst, Listening for the Heartbeat of Being, the editors have wisely chosen the subtitle the Arts of Robert Bringhurst. A singular “Art” there wouldn’t suggest his multiple activities as poet, essayist, typographer, book designer, translator and cultural historian. In contemporary Canadian writing and English-language poetry worldwide, nobody’s range of pursuits resembles Bringhurst’s.”
The book is published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Contributors include Margaret Atwood and Dennis Lee.