periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics
Rob Mclennan
folio : Barry McKinnon (1944-2023)
June 20, 2024
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The Capilano Review| From the Archives / Remembering Barry McKinnon (1944 -2023) by C.S. Giscombe
April 26th, 2024
“We are grateful for the opportunity to honour Barry McKinnon through the words of C.S. Giscombe, published as part of The Capilano Review's From the Archives series.” -
Cascadian Prophets | Interviews 1999-2023
February 2nd, 2024
Cascadian Prophets: Interviews 1999-2023 is the second collection of transcribed interviews taken from the 30 year history of the Cascadia Poetics Lab and conducted by Paul E Nelson, CPL Founder. It is edited by legendary BC poet Sharon Thesen.
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The Birth of a Satirist by John Harris
December 22nd, 2023
Unlike painters, lyric poets don’t do self-portraits. That would be redundant. But they do sometimes create alter-egos: Pound’s Mauberley, Olson’s Maximus and Berryman’s Poor Henry. Talking about yourself, in the third person, may have something to do with getting outside of the (Wordsworthian) repetition of settings, personal circumstances and attitudes, allowing for more objectivity. Barry McKinnon has at least three alter-egos that I know of. (…)
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Postcards to McKinnon by Red Shuttleworth
November 8th, 2023
Postcards to McKinnon, by Red Shuttleworth, offers tribute, with poems and images, to legendary Canadian poet Barry McKinnon.
Display at College Nueva Caledonia, Prince George. 2024.
Special thanks to Graham Pearce.
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A pearl born of closed and ceaseless irritation
CBC LISTEN | November 13th, 2023
Barry McKinnon turned Prince George into a place worthy of poetry. He died Oct. 30. CBC's Sophie Woodrooffe explores the role of poetry in modern society through McKinnon's poem "Pearl”. -
College of New Caledonia, Prince George, Campus Library
November 7th, 2023
In memory of Barry McKinnon: long-time CNC English instructor, award-winning poet, editor, publisher, designer, and promoter.
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Poet Barry McKinnon, who brought printing press and Margaret Atwood to pulp mill boom town, mourned
CBC | November 5th, 2023
McKinnon is credited with kicking off Prince George, B.C.'s literary scene and mentoring new writers -
Legendary Prince George poet passes away
Neil Godbout | November 3rd, 2023
Acclaimed Prince George poet Barry McKinnon, a longtime English instructor at the College of New Caledonia, has passed away.McKinnon was the author of more than twenty books and chapbooks over his career of more than 40 years. His 1980 book, the the, was a Governor General’s Literary Award finalist in 1981. A later book, pulplog, won the 1992 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for best poetry book in B.C.
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'A soft spot in a tough town': Remembering pioneering poet Barry McKinnon
CBC | November 2nd, 2023
One of the founding faculty members of the College of New Caledonia and a pioneer of Prince George's literary scene Barry McKinnon is being mourned. Friend and colleague John Harris speaks with Carolina de Ryk.
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Barry McKinnon 1944-2023
Paul E Nelson | November 1st, 2023
“I am terribly saddened to report the death of Prince George poet Barry McKinnon. Barry and I, with Nadine Maestas and George Stanley edited the first anthology of Cascadia poetry Make it True: Poetry From Cascadia in 2015. “ -
Barry McKinnon (1944 – October 30, 2023)
Rob Mclennan | November 1st, 2023
“…I don’t precisely recall when I started interacting with McKinnon, but I know I was reading his work in the early 1990s, sitting in the Morriset Library at the University of Ottawa reading The the. (Coach House Press, 1980), i wanted to say something (Red Deer College Press, 1990) and Pulp/Log (Caitlin Press, 1991), all of which became important for me in terms of thinking of the cadence and breadth of the long poem.”
