Dr. Louis Cabri

Biography

Louis Cabri's recent poetry chapbooks include — can't (Nomados) and the poetry book Mood Embosser (Coach House Books), which received acclaim as the 2003 Book of the Year by Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center in San Francisco. He has edited selected poems of Fred Wah, contributing to critical essays and sound poetry for ESC: English Studies in Canada. Cabri's research interests encompass the social address of poetry, poetic formal innovation, and poetry theory intertwined with philosophy, linguistics, and notable Canadian poetry movements of the twentieth century. His recent essays engage the works of poets such as Bruce Andrews, Peter Inman, Frank O'Hara, and Catriona Strang, as well as the literary concepts proffered by Osip Brik and Vladimir Mayakovsky. Current scholarly projects include a study of Zukofsky and the Language Poets, a collection of essays on contemporary poetics, and the anthologizing of a poets-in-dialogue series. Cabri has also organized significant literary events, such as the Alphabet Symposium in spring 2011, and contributed to various critical discussions through journals and anthologies. His poetry work continues to explore the intersections of literary form and social command, reflecting diverse cultural influences between Canada, the USA, and Europe.

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