Robert Hogg (poet) explained

Robert Hogg
Birth Date:26 March 1942
Birth Place:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation:Poet
Language:English
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Robert Hogg (March 26, 1942 - November 13, 2022) was a Canadian poet, critic, professor, and organic farmer.

Biography

Born in Edmonton, Alberta on March 26, 1942, Robert Hogg studied English and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia where he co-edited important Canadian little magazine TISH.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He studied at SUNY Buffalo[6] (under Charles Olson) and taught at Carleton University.[7] He completed a Ph.D. on the works of Charles Olson.[8] He died at age 80 on November 13, 2022, in Ottawa.[9]

Writing

His poetry is collected in New Wave Canada (1966),[10] [11] edited by Raymond Souster and published by Contact Press, and the Oxford University Press anthology, Modern Canadian Verse (1967),[12] edited by A.J.M. Smith. He published books of poetry and poetics with Oyez Press,[13] Coach House Press,[14] Black Moss Press,[15] ECW Press,[16] Talonbooks,[17] and chapbooks with above/ground press,[18] battleaxe press, and hawkweed press. In 1987, Hogg's poem "Classic Lines" was published in Edges Literary Magazine.[19]

His poetry has been reviewed in Canadian and International journals, including Poetry[20] and Open Letter.[21] Douglas Barbour described Hogg's first book as "one of the most powerful of its year."[22] His 1978 collection, Of Light, included dust jacket blurbs from Victor Coleman, Robert Creeley, and Robert Duncan, with Duncan describing the book as "one of the very few radiantly present books I have read."[23] Hogg has been profiled on CBC Radio[24] and in the Globe and Mail.[25]

Hogg also founded and operated Mountain Path organics.[26]

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Tallman. Warren. 1974. Wonder Merchants: Modernist Poetry in Vancouver during the 1960s. Boundary 2. 3. 1. 57–90. 10.2307/302408. 0190-3659. 302408.
  2. Moss. Laura. 2016. "Beyond the hungry edge" An Interview with Daphne Marlatt. Studies in Canadian Literature. 41. 1. 248–265.
  3. News: Hogg farmer. 2018-08-26.
  4. Encyclopedia: TISH. Davey. Frank. The Canadian Encyclopedia. 2018-08-26. en.
  5. Book: Writing in Our Time: Canada's Radical Poetries in English (1957-2003). Butling. Pauline. Rudy. Susan. 2006-01-01. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. 9780889209299. en.
  6. News: CUAG: Ottawa & the Beats: A Conversation and Exhibition Walk-Through. 2018-08-26. en-US.
  7. Web site: rob mclennan The Capilano Review. www.thecapilanoreview.ca. 2018-08-26.
  8. Web site: above/ground press: new from above/ground press: from Lamentations by Robert Hogg. Mclennan. Rob. 2012-05-21. above/ground press. 2018-08-26.
  9. Web site: Remembering the life of Robert Hogg . 2022-11-19 . ottawacitizen.remembering.ca . en.
  10. Book: LaRoque, Lance B.. Revolution and Retreat: The Success and Failure of Tish Subjectivities. York University. 1999. Toronto. 18.
  11. Web site: New Wave Canada Fred Wah Digital Archive. fredwah.ca. en. 2018-08-26.
  12. Book: Macskimming, Roy. The Perilous Trade: "Book Publishing in Canada, 1946-2006". 2012-01-11. McClelland & Stewart. 9781551992617. en.
  13. Web site: Oyez Press. verdantpress.com. en-US. 2018-08-26.
  14. Web site: One Zero Zero Virtual Library. ccca.concordia.ca. 2018-08-26.
  15. Web site: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review. Canadian Literature. en-US. 2018-08-26.
  16. Web site: There Is No Falling. ECW Press. 2018-08-26.
  17. Web site: Robert Hogg » Authors » Talonbooks. talonbooks.com. en. 2018-08-26.
  18. Web site: above/ground press: new from above/ground press: from Lamentations (second edition), by Robert Hogg. Mclennan. Rob. 2016-02-03. above/ground press. 2018-08-26.
  19. Thompson. Andrew. February 1987. Notes on Contributors. Edges Literary Magazine. Ledges Publishing Society. 2. 1. 40. 0833-0077.
  20. Loewinsohn. Ron. 1966. Some Uses of Landscape. Poetry. 109. 2. 123–126.
  21. Marlatt. Daphne. Fall 1972. Review. Open Letter. 2. 3. 83–86.
  22. Web site: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review. Canadian Literature. en-US. 2019-01-22.
  23. Book: Hogg, Robert. Of Light. Coach House. 1978. 978-0-88910-081-7. Toronto. Dust Jacket.
  24. Web site: Flour power: How Morrisburg's Bob Hogg is keeping stone milling alive . April 10, 2017 . CBC. en. 2019-01-22.
  25. News: Hogg farmer. 2019-01-22.
  26. Web site: Mountain Path Flour Mill. www.homesteadorganics.ca. 2018-08-26.

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