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Includes "Poetry and Positivisms," "The Recovery of the Public World," " 'My Vocabulary Did This to Me,' " "The 'Elf' of It," "Bach's Belief," and most of the others listed above.
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In 2006, Blaser received a special Lifetime Recognition Award given by the trustees of the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry, which also awards the annual
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In June 1995, for Blaser's 70th birthday, a conference was held in Vancouver to pay tribute to his contribution to
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Records of Robin Blaser are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
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Image Nations 13 & 14, Luck Unluck Oneluck, Sky-stone, Suddenly, Gathering
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Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. Lewis Ellingham & Kevin Killian. 1998.
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Lifetime Recognition Award – Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
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Poetry Be Like God: Jack Spicer and the San Francisco Renaissance.
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A Literary Biography of Robin Blaser: Mechanic of Splendor.
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The Astonishment Tapes: Talks on Poetry and Autobiography
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Interview with Robin Blaser, conducted by John Sakkis
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Robin Blaser Homepage at the Electronic Poetry Center
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Index

Robin Blaser
Denver
Colorado
Vancouver
British Columbia
Simon Fraser University
San Francisco Renaissance
Griffin Poetry Prize
Literature portal
Denver, Colorado
Idaho
Berkeley, California
Jack Spicer
Robert Duncan
San Francisco Renaissance
Canada
Simon Fraser University
professor emeritus
Kitsilano
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canadian poetry
Hannah Arendt
Michael Ondaatje
Steve McCaffery
Phyllis Webb
George Bowering
Fred Wah
Stan Persky
Daphne Marlatt

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