Derek Beaulieu
@derekbeaulieu
Poet, editor, author of DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY; Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre; Poet Laureate of Calgary (2014-2016) and Banff (2022-2024) -- located in Banff, Alberta, Canada. He/him. online at: www.derekbeaulieu.ca
Sol LeWitt's DO IT letter: "don’t think that your work has to conform to any preconceived form, idea or flavor. It can be anything you want it to be": news.lettersofnote.com/p/do-13c read DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... @pressassembly.bsky.social
It's AUGUST 4, 2026: Read Ray Bradbury's THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS: docs.google.com/file/d/0B41v...
Get down to THE POINT and read this fabulous book of poetry of nothing but exclamation points! THE POINT by Nasser Hussain! chbooks.com/Books/T/The-... @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
WRITERS! Apply today for @banffcentre.bsky.social's FUTURISMS INTERSTIVE WRITING RESIDENCY with faculty Joshua Whitehead, Sheree Renée Thomas, and Nalo Hopkinson (and guest speaker Jenna Butler from Barbour Books)!: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit... #writing #futurism #fiction
"You're Out of Excuses" -- an entreaty to publish in small press forms ... excerpted from DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY, new from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... #poetry #instpoetry #poetrycommunity #doitwrong
Download a free PDF of George Bowering's AT WAR WITH THE U.S. (1974, talonbooks): drive.google.com/file/d/1y1YV...
Nominate someone 4 the Order of Canada (www.gg.ca/en/honours/c...), Alberta Order of Excellence (www.alberta.ca/aoe-nominate...), Canada's Walk of Fame (www.canadaswalkoffame.com/who-we-are/n...), UCalgary's Alumni Arch Award (alumni.ucalgary.ca/programs/arc...), or another way of saying thanks
Apply today for @banffcentre.bsky.social 's DEEP WINTER WRITERS RESIDENCY with incredible faculty Renee Gladman, Karen Solie, and Yasmine Seale!! www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
Sonya Huber's THE SHADOW SYLLABUS was a vital inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink power dynamics in the classroom: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... (Huber's "shadow syllabus" is here: www.sonyahuber.com/blog/2014/08... @pressassembly.bsky.social
DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY in the wild! This time at the South Street Seaport location of McNally Jackson in NYC (and they have copies across the city!) ... Photos courtesy @slipsslips.bsky.social; thanks! @pressassembly.bsky.social
Bruce Mau's INCOMPLETE MANIFESTO FOR GROWTH was a massive inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink how to live a creative life : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... (More on the manifesto here: brucemaustudio.com/projects/an-...) @assemblypress
Brion Gysin's knife used in creation of the cut-up method ... on display at musee d'art modern de paris in BRION GYSIN: LE DERNIER MUSEE
The Bread and Puppet Theatre's WHY CHEAP ART MANIFESTO was a huge inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink why you create : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... Assembly Press (More on the manifesto here: breadandpuppetpress.org/products/why...)
Bre Prettis and Kio Stark's CULT OF DONE MANIFESTO was a massive inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink how you create: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... @pressassembly.bsky.social (More on the manifesto here: medium.com/@bre/the-cul...)
"Highly Acclaimed Poet Derek Beaulieu Passionately Explores His Craft, and Implores Other Scribes to DO IT WRONG": @openbookon.bsky.social interviews me about DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET INTHE 21ST CENTURY: open-book.ca/News/Highly-... @pressassembly.bsky.social
Ya'll need to read Helen Hajnoczky's poetry -- POETS AND KILLERS (snare books, out of print), MAGYARAZNI ( @coachhousebooks.bsky.social), and FROST & POLLEN ( @invisibooks.bsky.social) -- so good!
Sister Corita Kent's "10 Rules for Students and Teachers (for John Cage)" was a massive inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink how you teach and how you learn: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... @pressassembly.bsky.social
L’Atelier Michael Woolworth et Double Change sont heureux de vous inviter le mercredi 24 juin à 19h à une lecture de Derek Beaulieu, Isabelle Garron, Alan Gilbert, et Karla Kelsey Atelier Michael Woolworth 2 rue de la Roquette, cour Février / 75011 Paris www.michaelwoolworth.com www.doublechange.org
Teachers! Profs! Mentors! Let's talk about GRADING! The middle section of DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY (assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... from @pressassembly.bsky.social ) is about classroom dynamics, funding, grades, & communitarian classrooms ... here's a brief excerpt.
DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY spotted in the wild at Calgary's The Next Page -- pick up your copy today and think differently. @pressassembly.bsky.social
I'm honoured to have published 4 books with @coachhousebooks.bsky.social : 2 of my own poetry: WITH WAX (2003), SURFACE TENSION (2022) & 2 edited volumes of the work of bpNichol: NIGHTS ON PROSE MOUNTAIN (2018) & SOME LINES OF POETRY (2024). Order your copies today!: chbooks.com/Authors/B/Be...
"'Sleeping with an Elephant': Canada vs the US" -- a short chapter from DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY; arts funding, canada vs the US, & the "american dream" DO IT WRONG is avail from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... & at your local bookstore #poetry
“Art is how we decorate space; Music is how we decorate time.” ― Jean Michel Basquiat
On Thursday I was joined by Kyle Flemmer, Kevin Stebner, Iheoma Uzomba, & a lovely audience to launch of DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY — conversation, laughter, debate. Thanks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social! (@pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...)
Joseph Planta & i discuss DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21st CENTURY, "One of the more fun, but also informative, instructive, even inspirational books of the season" thecommentary.ca/ontheline/24... DO IT WRONG, from @pressassembly.bsky.social, here: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...
DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY seen in the wild at calgary's pages books on kensington ... order your copy from your local bookstore or direct from @pressassembly.bsky.social (Thanks for the photo @kristenbeaulieu.bsky.social )