Twelfth Key: Viva la Vida de Frida

Twelfth Key: Viva la Vida de Frida Edited by Penn Kemp.

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About Twelfth Key

"It is always exciting for poetry lovers when a new publisher emerges on the scene, and when the name Penn Kemp, a poet best known for her evocative, experimental sound work, is associated with that press, it is safe to assume that work that is both innovative and challenging is in the mix. Certainly, more than a dozen new works offered up by Pendas in 2004 fulfill that assumption. Most of the books in Pendas' catalogue offer some visual treats and may be purchased as a book alone, as a compact disk or as a book/cd set.

Pendas Productions' Wizard of OZ, Gavin Stairs, who acts as designer, prepress technician, printer and binder, has long felt that poetry, unlike other genres, could benefit from the innovations of desktop printing. Pendas' aim is to use short print runs, both to meet demand and to keep initial costs to a minimum, while ensuring that titles stay in print for as long as possible. That kind of commitment is music to poetry lovers' ears."
RONNIE R. BROWN is an Ottawa freelance writer/broadcaster. Her review of Gathering Voice will appear in Canadian Bookseller: the Magazine of Book Retailing in Spring 2005.


Contributors:
Donna Allard, Moncton NB
Gloria Alvernaz Mulcahy, London ON
Linda Lee Crosfield, Castlegar BC
Conrad DiDiodato, Stoney Creek ON
Alan Dayton, London ON
Ronda Eller, Clinton ON
Kane X. Faucher, London ON
Katerina Fretwell, Parry Sound ON
Keith Garebian, Mississauga ON
Leona Graham, Cambridge, England
Mary Hamilton, London ON
Birgitta Jonsdottir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Frida Kahlo, The Aether and the Art
Penn Kemp, London ON
Ann Kerr-Linden, Toronto ON
Joy Kogawa, Toronto ON
Daniel Kolos, Priceville ON
Jerome Kugan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Marion Lucka, Thierstein, Germany
Daphne Marlatt, Vancouver BC
Susan McCaslin, Fort Langley BC
Susan McMaster, Ottawa ON
Teri Micco, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mary Ann Moore, Nanaimo BC
Miguel Nenevé / Rose Siepamann, Puerto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
P. K. Page, Victoria BC
Edward Pickersgill, Guelph ON
Maureen Riley, London ON
Linda Rogers, Victoria BC
Shelly Siskind, London ON
Ron Stewart, London ON
Andrea Thompson, Toronto ON
Margot Van Sluytman, Calgary, AB
Patience Wheatley, Montreal, P.Q.

Artists:
Alan Dayton, Philippa / Frida
Frida Kahlo, Autoretrato Con Monos
Marion Lucka, Karfreitag / Good Friday
Edward Pickersgill, In a Frida Moment, Diego and Frida in 1940 and Frida, 1932
Maureen Riley, from Frida Kahlo : Secret Doorways
Copyright © 2008 the authors and artists