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In my writing, I try to understand worlds and minds that I have encountered — in fear, struggle, and joy in my life — in ways that make sense to others and to me. I am continually studying my nook in the world and the lives around me. My writing is an echo of that connection, and my hope is that others may find my writing a modestly interesting journey. I’ve been lucky that my bookish passions for reading and words developed into a full career as a scholar and educator. Now retired, I look forward to seeing what new places my passion or obsession will lead into me next.
Books
The Bird In the Cage of Bone
Alex Kazuk. Lethbridge: Bridge Books, 2007. Rpt. University of Lethbridge, 2012. Poems. ISBN #0-9732582-2-5
Walking Into the Mandala
Alex Kazuk. Lethbridge: Bridge Books, 2004. Poems. ISBN #0-9732582-1-7
A Town In the Mountains
Alex Kazuk. Lethbridge: Bridge Books, 2003. Poems. ISNB #0-9732582-0-9
Microphones
A. R. Kazuk. London: Brick Books, 1987. A verse novella about a lyrical cop. ISBN #9780919626317
Millions of Acres
Alex Kazuk. Toronto: Folks Upstairs Press, 1984. A verse short story about writers and a love triangle. ISBN #0-920520-07-3
In progress
Creation Stories. Alexander Kizuk. This is a verse short story about a road trip and an elopement. It’s been on the backburner for many years. Begun 1980 and still unfinished.
Voices For Poems. Alexander Kizuk. Poems written for and in collaboration with my creative writing students, 2008-14.
Peace River Crossing and Other Poems. Alexander Kizuk. Hopefully this one will be coming out in 2024.
Published in Little Magazines
“Prayer to Mowlana Ali,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 29.
“Old Man of My Plains,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 29.
“A Phone Call,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 30.
“Work-history,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 31.
“Restless,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 31.
“good as gold,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 32.
“Towers.” Bywords Quarterly Journal 8, 2. 2010.
“Hearts/Haters.” Bywords Quarterly Journal 8, 2. 2010.
“Running / North.” Poets Podium 7, 4 (June 2000). 3.
“I: My Home is Opened Space.” New Life in Dark Seas. Brick Books 25. Stan Dragland, ed. London, Ontario: Brick Books, 2000. Anthologized excerpt from Microphones (1987).
“With My Father Building A Radio.” The Malahat Review 128 (Fall 1999). 62-63.
“Tarzan: His Ode.” Teak Roundup 6, 3 (Summer 1999). 40. “The Post.” Teak Roundup 6, 3a (Autumn 1999). 40-41.
“Walking Into The Mandala: Fort Vermillion.” The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature 32 (1999). 27.
“Running / North.” The prairie Journal of Canadian Literature 32 (1999). 28.
“Peace River Patriarch.” The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature 32 (1999). 29.
“Grandfather / Westward.” The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature 32 (1999). 30.
“A Lake Or Deep Well.” Outreach Connection Sept. 11-Sept. 17, 301 (Fall 1999). 11.
“Tour Attraction.” Teak Roundup 6, 2 (Spring 1999). 39. “A Life.” The Plowman 10, 2 (1999).
“Daymoon: Northern Plains.” Female Sexuality: on the verge of another revolution of the sun. Kairos 11 Anthology. R. W. Megens, ed. Hamilton: Ontario, 1999. 28.
“The Section’s Centre.” KOLA: A Black Literary Magazine [Collector’s Edition 1987-2000] 11, 2 (1999). Anthologized poem. 45.
“Fulfillment.” KOLA: A Black Literary Magazine [Collector’s Edition 1987-2000] 11, 2 (1999). Anthologized poem. 44.
“The Stubble Fields.” Acta Victoriana 111, 1 (Fall 1986). 3.
“Badlands.” Dandelion 13, 1 (Spring 1986). 37.
“Cafe.” Dandelion 13, 1 (Spring 1986). 36.
“One of The Few Sins the Verbs of The City’s Police Cannot Commit.” Poetry WLU 7 (Spring 1986). 12.
“The Cowardice.” Yellow Silk: Journal of The Erotic Arts [California] 16 (Autumn 1985). 12.
“Tourist Attraction.” Pierian Spring 9, 1 (Winter 1984).
“I Looked For You.” Northern Light 11 [Erotic Issue] (Spring / Summer 1984). 17.
“There Can Be No Return From Unrealities.” Northern Light 10 (Fall/Winter 1983). 57.
“The Deer.” Proof Rock 4 (Winter 1984).
“Journey To The Inward Face Of A Mirrored Sphere.” Northern Light 10 (Fall/Winter 1983). 58.
“Dover Beach Corrected.” Ta Panta 1, 1 (1983). 20. “The City.” Ta Panta 1, 1 (1983). 21.
“The Malfunction.” Ta Panta 1, 1 (1983). Seven poems from Microphones. 18-19.
“The Word.” Poetry Toronto 90 (June 1993).18.
“Wrong Turn At The 16 / 97 Junction.” Poetry Toronto 8 6 (February 1983). 15.
“In This Part Of The World, War Is Fought In The Imagination.” Watchwords 1, 8-7 (April/May 1983).
“Sept. 12-Jan. 17.” Owlflight [California] 4 (Summer 1983).
“With My Father Building a Radio.” Owlflight [California] 4 (Summer 1983).
“Sechelt.” Poetry Newsletter [Philadelphia] (August / September 1983). 9.
“Repose.” Poetry Newsletter [Philadelphia] (August / September 1983). 8.
“Breaking Time.” Poetry Newsletter [Philadelphia] (August / September 1983). 8.
“Vince Solda.” Poetry WLU (Spring 1983). 21
“An Old Woman.” Proof Rock [Virginia] 3 (Spring / Summer 1983.
“In Every Sphere There Is An Interface That Flashes.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 9 (Winter 1983). 33.
“There Are No Words In Bees’ Conversations.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 33.
“Spiritual History.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 33.
“Spare Room.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 33.
“Cove At Port Moody.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 33.
“Conversations At The Going Rate Of Exchange.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 33.
“A White Birch Tree.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 32.
“Or So They Say.” Poetry Magazine [California] 3 (January 1983) .
“One Of The Things.” Poetry Canada Review 4, 2 (Winter 1982-1983). 15.
“Crèche-Crash.” Poetry Toronto 83 (November 1982). 12.
“Remembering My Aunt Aggie.” Poetry Toronto 83 (November 1982). 13.
“Apartment.” Poetry Toronto 78 (June 1982).
“Girouxville.” Origins 12, 2 (August / September 1982). 85.
“Trading Post On Vancouver Island.” Origins 12, 2 (August / I September 1982). 84.
“Castlegar.” Wee Giant 5, 2 (1982). 11.
“Spare Room.” Wee Giant 5, 1 (1982). 15.
“Peace River Patriarch.” AGAIN Magazine (California] 3 (Fall/Winter 1982). Featured in special Canadian issue.
“One Of The Things.” AGAIN Magazine [California] 3 (Fall / Winter 1982). Featured writer in special Canadian issue.
“Home Town Filling My Eyes With Weather.” AGAIN Magazine [California] 3 (Fall/Winter 1982). Featured writer in special Canadian issue.
“Tavern’s Aid.” The Otherthan Review: Anthology Issue, 1, 4 Spring 1982. Anthologized poem. 18.
“Friday Night Dance.” The Otherthan Review: Anthology Issue, 1, 4 Spring 1982. Anthologized poem. 19.
“Flying Outside.” The Otherthan Review: Anthology Issue, 1, 4 Spring 1982. Anthologized poem. 20.
“Breaking Time.” The Otherthan Review: Anthology Issue, 1, 4 Spring 1982. Anthologized poem. 22.
“Blinking Mandalas Of Broken Glass.” The Otherthan Review: Anthology Issue, 1, 4 Spring 1982. Anthologized poem. 21.
“Tavern’s Aid.” Otherthan Poetry Review. The Other Press 11, 5 (November 1981). 9.
“Night Piece.” Otherthan Poetry Review. The Other Press 11, 5 (November 1981). 9.
“Flying Outside.” Otherthan Poetry Review. The Other Press 11, 5 (November 1981). 9.
“Daymoon In A Waving Sky.” Otherthan Poetry Review. The Other Press 11, 5 (November 1981). 9.
“Peace River Patriarch.” Prime Cuts 1, 3 (September 1978).
“Breaking Time.” Otherthan Poetry Review. The Other Press 11, 4 (October 30th, 1981). 12.
“Section’s Centre.” Prime Cuts 1,1 (September 1978).
“Yukon Lake Water.” Event 6, 1 (Summer 1977). 114.
“Or So They Say.” Event 6, 1 (Summer 1977). 113.
“January Poem.” Event 6, 1 (Summer 1977). 112.
“Prayer to Mowlana Ali,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 29.
“Old Man of My Plains,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 29.
“A Phone Call,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 30.
“Work-history,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 31.
“Restless,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 31.
“good as gold,” The Prairie Journal 66 (Prairie Journal Trust, 2016-17), p. 32.
“Towers.” Bywords Quarterly Journal 8, 2. 2010.
“Hearts/Haters.” Bywords Quarterly Journal 8, 2. 2010.
“Running / North.” Poets Podium 7, 4 (June 2000). 3.
“I: My Home is Opened Space.” New Life in Dark Seas. Brick Books 25. Stan Dragland, ed. London, Ontario: Brick Books, 2000. Anthologized excerpt from Microphones (1987).
“With My Father Building A Radio.” The Malahat Review 128 (Fall 1999). 62-63.
“Tarzan: His Ode.” Teak Roundup 6, 3 (Summer 1999). 40. “The Post.” Teak Roundup 6, 3a (Autumn 1999). 40-41.
“Walking Into The Mandala: Fort Vermillion.” The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature 32 (1999). 27.
“Running / North.” The prairie Journal of Canadian Literature 32 (1999). 28.
“Peace River Patriarch.” The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature 32 (1999). 29.
“Grandfather / Westward.” The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature 32 (1999). 30.
“A Lake Or Deep Well.” Outreach Connection Sept. 11-Sept. 17, 301 (Fall 1999). 11.
“Tour Attraction.” Teak Roundup 6, 2 (Spring 1999). 39. “A Life.” The Plowman 10, 2 (1999).
“Daymoon: Northern Plains.” Female Sexuality: on the verge of another revolution of the sun. Kairos 11 Anthology. R. W. Megens, ed. Hamilton: Ontario, 1999. 28.
“The Section’s Centre.” KOLA: A Black Literary Magazine [Collector’s Edition 1987-2000] 11, 2 (1999). Anthologized poem. 45.
“Fulfillment.” KOLA: A Black Literary Magazine [Collector’s Edition 1987-2000] 11, 2 (1999). Anthologized poem. 44.
“The Stubble Fields.” Acta Victoriana 111, 1 (Fall 1986). 3.
“Badlands.” Dandelion 13, 1 (Spring 1986). 37.
“Cafe.” Dandelion 13, 1 (Spring 1986). 36.
“One of The Few Sins the Verbs of The City’s Police Cannot Commit.” Poetry WLU 7 (Spring 1986). 12.
“The Cowardice.” Yellow Silk: Journal of The Erotic Arts [California] 16 (Autumn 1985). 12.
“Tourist Attraction.” Pierian Spring 9, 1 (Winter 1984).
“I Looked For You.” Northern Light 11 [Erotic Issue] (Spring / Summer 1984). 17.
“There Can Be No Return From Unrealities.” Northern Light 10 (Fall/Winter 1983). 57.
“The Deer.” Proof Rock 4 (Winter 1984).
“Journey To The Inward Face Of A Mirrored Sphere.” Northern Light 10 (Fall/Winter 1983). 58.
“Dover Beach Corrected.” Ta Panta 1, 1 (1983). 20. “The City.” Ta Panta 1, 1 (1983). 21.
“The Malfunction.” Ta Panta 1, 1 (1983). Seven poems from Microphones. 18-19.
“The Word.” Poetry Toronto 90 (June 1993).18.
“Wrong Turn At The 16 / 97 Junction.” Poetry Toronto 8 6 (February 1983). 15.
“In This Part Of The World, War Is Fought In The Imagination.” Watchwords 1, 8-7 (April/May 1983).
“Sept. 12-Jan. 17.” Owlflight [California] 4 (Summer 1983).
“With My Father Building a Radio.” Owlflight [California] 4 (Summer 1983).
“Sechelt.” Poetry Newsletter [Philadelphia] (August / September 1983). 9.
“Repose.” Poetry Newsletter [Philadelphia] (August / September 1983). 8.
“Breaking Time.” Poetry Newsletter [Philadelphia] (August / September 1983). 8.
“Vince Solda.” Poetry WLU (Spring 1983). 21
“An Old Woman.” Proof Rock [Virginia] 3 (Spring / Summer 1983.
“In Every Sphere There Is An Interface That Flashes.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 9 (Winter 1983). 33.
“There Are No Words In Bees’ Conversations.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 33.
“Spiritual History.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 33.
“Spare Room.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 33.
“Cove At Port Moody.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 33.
“Conversations At The Going Rate Of Exchange.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 33.
“A White Birch Tree.” Yellow Silk: Journal Of The Erotic Arts [California] 8 (Summer 1983). Featured writer for this issue. 32.
“Or So They Say.” Poetry Magazine [California] 3 (January 1983) .
“One Of The Things.” Poetry Canada Review 4, 2 (Winter 1982-1983). 15.
“Crèche-Crash.” Poetry Toronto 83 (November 1982). 12.
“Remembering My Aunt Aggie.” Poetry Toronto 83 (November 1982). 13.
“Apartment.” Poetry Toronto 78 (June 1982).
“Girouxville.” Origins 12, 2 (August / September 1982). 85.
“Trading Post On Vancouver Island.” Origins 12, 2 (August / I September 1982). 84.
“Castlegar.” Wee Giant 5, 2 (1982). 11.
“Spare Room.” Wee Giant 5, 1 (1982). 15.
“Peace River Patriarch.” AGAIN Magazine (California] 3 (Fall/Winter 1982). Featured in special Canadian issue.
“One Of The Things.” AGAIN Magazine [California] 3 (Fall / Winter 1982). Featured writer in special Canadian issue.
“Home Town Filling My Eyes With Weather.” AGAIN Magazine [California] 3 (Fall/Winter 1982). Featured writer in special Canadian issue.
“Tavern’s Aid.” The Otherthan Review: Anthology Issue, 1, 4 Spring 1982. Anthologized poem. 18.
“Friday Night Dance.” The Otherthan Review: Anthology Issue, 1, 4 Spring 1982. Anthologized poem. 19.
“Flying Outside.” The Otherthan Review: Anthology Issue, 1, 4 Spring 1982. Anthologized poem. 20.
“Breaking Time.” The Otherthan Review: Anthology Issue, 1, 4 Spring 1982. Anthologized poem. 22.
“Blinking Mandalas Of Broken Glass.” The Otherthan Review: Anthology Issue, 1, 4 Spring 1982. Anthologized poem. 21.
“Tavern’s Aid.” Otherthan Poetry Review. The Other Press 11, 5 (November 1981). 9.
“Night Piece.” Otherthan Poetry Review. The Other Press 11, 5 (November 1981). 9.
“Flying Outside.” Otherthan Poetry Review. The Other Press 11, 5 (November 1981). 9.
“Daymoon In A Waving Sky.” Otherthan Poetry Review. The Other Press 11, 5 (November 1981). 9.
“Peace River Patriarch.” Prime Cuts 1, 3 (September 1978).
“Breaking Time.” Otherthan Poetry Review. The Other Press 11, 4 (October 30th, 1981). 12.
“Section’s Centre.” Prime Cuts 1,1 (September 1978).
“Yukon Lake Water.” Event 6, 1 (Summer 1977). 114.
“Or So They Say.” Event 6, 1 (Summer 1977). 113.
“January Poem.” Event 6, 1 (Summer 1977). 112.
“Lake Or Deep Well.” Nanaimo Magazine (1973). My first published poem.
Alexander Kizuk 