Category Archives: Booklore

Entries and posts that relate to the creation or consumption of books

Bovarism Symbolized

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Francois Lachance

Not much of a spoiler to indicate that towards the end of the novel there is a book burning which features a fire-retardant copy of Madame Bovary. The sixth match dealt with Madame Bovary. But the flame refused to set … Continue reading →

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Heap Sleep

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Francois Lachance

1896 Summer Amid a jumble of tanka books, haiku books — noonday nap From Masaoka Shiki: Selected Poems translated by Burton Watson That is the view of my bedside pile. All prepped for a nap. And so for day 1555 … Continue reading →

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Broccoli Ancestry

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Francois Lachance

Visual intertextuality. The cover of Tyler Kord’s Broccoli (Short Stack Vol. 7) appears to be a tribute to Mollie Katzen’s The Enchanted Broccoli Forest. Branches. Upright & Bold. And so for day 1534 24.02.2011

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Small Argument with Small Arguments

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Francois Lachance

There are two versions of “Water” 2001 – Still Life 2003 – Small Arguments takes shape / uncertain of its own / in the palm, in glass / lifting to drain and takes shape / uncertain of its own: // … Continue reading →

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Go Little Book

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Francois Lachance

Zines are even more ephemeral than chapbooks. I wonder how this from Jes Walsh made its way from Berlin to Toronto. Jes used Etsy to get product out — this may be a route for how these small [approximated 4 … Continue reading →

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Theory of Punctuation

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Francois Lachance

Laurie Anderson. Homeland “Another Day in America” And by the way here’s my theory of punctuation. Instead of a period at the end of each sentence there should be a tiny clock that shows you how long it took you … Continue reading →

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From Sulby Auto-Minabinda to Hand Sewn

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Francois Lachance

I recall recording a few colophon quibbles with the folding and binding information in a book issued by Coach House Press. Its pages were folded on a Baumfolder, gathered by hand, bound on a Sulby Auto-Minabinda and trimmed on a … Continue reading →

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Cancellations and Blanks

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Francois Lachance

The paratext indicates a “scrapbook” but some of the entries/poems would indicate a “diary”. Found by Souvankham Thammavongsa. Observe in the corner of the cover a simple diagonal line, almost decorative. But it is very declarative. It “takes out the … Continue reading →

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Revisiting a Neighbour

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Francois Lachance

Kim Kutner used to be a neighbour. A very pleasant neighbour she was. I am lucky to have some of her bookwork. I have discovered that she has since branched out to work in fabric. Some of her art is … Continue reading →

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Lucent Lunacies

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Francois Lachance

At the heart of stasis is repetition. À l’image-temps. A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs […] A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs This is what having seen the loop of … Continue reading →

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