GEORGE STANLEY IS THE WINNER OF THE 2006 SHELLEY AWARD FROM THE POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA

SENIORS by George Stanley. 16 pp ISBN 0-9735337-8-1 @ $8.00.

"There's a hidden and perhaps secret fierceness of spirit in the quiet sardonic wit of these poems, their dismay at the comic helplessness of aging and its conditioned delights, the narrowing horizons of the ordinary, and muted wonder at its flavour. "Words have to come out of the world" puns one of Stanley's flat down-to-earth illusory rejections of the illusory. There's
a toughness in the complexity of such ironic comedies, and delicacy in their recurrent thought on words, on poems, on where they come from. There's not one casual utterance in the everydayness of Seniors, but there are currents of strong feeling. One reads, and rereads, and then one reads again." -- Peter Quartermain

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George Stanley was born and raised in San Francisco where, in the sixties, he was part of the San Francisco Renaissance which included Robert Duncan, Robin Blaser and Jack Spicer. He moved to Vancouver in the seventies where he became associated with New Star Press, and The Grape (an underground newspaper). He has been active in Canadian politics, unions and alternative media. His books include Gentle Northern Summer (New Star, 1995), At Andy's (New Star, 2000) and his selected works, A Tall, Serious Girl (Qua Books, 2003). His poems are proof that a straightforward approach can accommodate a sense of mystery. Stanley still resides in Vancouver.


George Stanley is teaching an intensive UNBC creative writing class this summer:

ENGL 470 - Creative Writing - Poetry (A1)
Lectures and workshops in the craft of writing poetry.
MTWRF 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Terrace BC
July 24, 2006 - July 28, 2006

This is a chance to work with an amazing poet and teacher! Contact Judith Lapadat for more information.