Loading AI tools
Bruce Whiteman (born David Bruce Whiteman, June 18, 1952) is a Canadian poet, translator, editor, and essayist whose writings focus on music, bibliography, cultural history, and literature. Born in Southern Ontario and educated at Trent University and the University of Toronto,[1] in 1996 Whiteman was appointed director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at the University of California, Los Angeles, a position he held until 2010.[2] Currently Whiteman lives in Peterborough, Ontario,[3] and contributes book reviews and essays regularly to publications such as TriQuarterly, Rattle, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.[4][5][6]
Although he has published extensively as a rare books librarian, scholar, and critic, Whiteman has called writing poetry "the part of my life I'm most passionate about."[7] Known primarily as a prose poet who has been compared to fellow Canadian poets Christopher Dewdney and bpNichol,[8][9] Whiteman's opus magnum is The Invisible World is In Decline, a continuing long poem he began working on in 1981 and which was first published in 1984; the work now comprises eight books, with the ninth and final volume due for publication in 2022.[10] A 2015 publication entitled Tablature marked Whiteman's return to the sort of verse poetry that characterized much of his earlier work.[11]
Poetry
- The Sad Mechanic Exercise. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press, 2019.
- Tablature. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.
- Intimate Letters. Toronto: ECW Press, 2014.
- The Invisible World Is in Decline, Books I-VI. Toronto: ECW Press, 2006.
- Tristia. Pasadena: Vero Press, 2002.
- XXIV Love Poems. Sherman Oaks: Ninja Press, 2002.
- The Invisible World Is in Decline, Book V. Toronto: ECW Press, 2000.
- The Forger Contemplates Rossetti. Los Angeles: Lyceum Press, 2000.
- Visible Stars: New and Selected Poems. Dorion: The Muses' Company, 1995.
- Zukofsky Impromptus. Toronto: Sin Tax, 1995.
- Polyphonic Windows. Montreal: Poets & Painters Press, 1993.
- The Invisible World Is in Decline, Books II-IV. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1989.
- En avoir fini avec le corps seul. Le Sambuc: La Presse des Poètes et des Peintres d'Outre-Mer, 1987.
- A Nature Murder. Hamilton: Poets & Painters Press, 1985.
- Recesses in the Heart: The Thera Poems. Toronto: blewointmentpress, 1984.
- The Invisible World Is in Decline. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1984.
- The Cold Engineering of the World. Toronto: League of Canadian Poets, 1983.
- The Thera Poems. North Walsham: Warren House Press, 1982.
- 10 Lessons in Autobiography. Guelph: Gryphon Press, 1981.
- Inventions. Toronto: Three Trees Press, 1979.
- The Sun At Your Thighs, The Moon At Your Lips. Toronto: Piraeus Press, 1978.
- 12 Poems, 12 Drawings. With M.W. Jewell. Toronto: Poets & Painters Press, 1978.
Translation
- Tiberianus. Pervigilium Veneris. New York: Russell Maret, 2009.
- Catullus. LXXXV/CV: Two Poems in Five Essays. Fullerton: Lyceum Press, 2006.
- François Charron. After 10,000 Years, Desire: Selected Recent Poems. With Francis Farley-Chevrier. Toronto: ECW Press, 1995.
Cultural History
- Best Canadian Essays 2021. Windsor: Biblioasis, 2021.
- The World from Here: Treasures of the Great Libraries of Los Angeles. Los Angeles: UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, 2001. Edited by Bruce Whiteman and Cynthia Burlingham.
- J.E.H. Macdonald. Kingston: Quarry Press, 1995.
- Lasting Impressions: A Short History of English Publishing in Quebec. Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1994.
- The Letters of John Sutherland, 1942-1956. Toronto: ECW Press, 1992.
- A Bibliography of Macmillan of Canada Imprints 1906-1980. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1985.
- Raymond Souster and His Works. Toronto: ECW Press, 1985.
- Raymond Souster: A Descriptive Bibliography. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1984.
- A Literary Friendship: The Correspondence of Ralph Gustafson and W.W.E. Ross. Toronto: ECW Press, 1984.
- Leonard Cohen: An Annotated Bibliography. Downsview: ECW Press, 1980.
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
