Robert Hogg (poet)

Robert Hogg
Born(1942-03-26)March 26, 1942
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
DiedNovember 13, 2022(2022-11-13) (aged 80)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish

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

  • The Connexions. Berkeley CA: Oyez Press, 1966.
  • Standing Back. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1972.
  • Of Light. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1978.
  • Heat Lightning. Windsor ON: Black Moss Press, 1986.
  • There Is No Falling. Toronto: ECW Press, 1993.
  • An English Canadian Poetics: The Confederation Poets – Vol. 1. Ed. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2009.
  • From Lamentations. Ottawa: above/ground Press, 2012.
  • From Lamentations. 2nd Expanded ed. Ottawa: above/ground Press, 2016.
  • Ranch Days—for Ed Dorn. Ottawa: battleaxe press, 2019.
  • Ranch Days—The McIntosh. Kemptville: hawkweed press, 2019.
  • Question. New Westminster, BC: pagefiftyone, 2021.
  • A Quiet Affair: Vancouver '63. BC: Trainwreck Press, 2021.
  • From Each Forthcoming. Ottawa: above/ground press, 2021.
  • The Red Menace. Mountain, ON: Hogwallow Press, 2021.
  • Apothegms. Ottawa: Apt. 9 Press, 2021.
  • The Cold Light of Morning. Toronto/Tkaronto: Model Press, 2022.

References

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