Publisher's Synopsis
A Project by the Muttertongue Trio: Allen • Barwin • Betts
Muttertongue: what is a word in utter space, by Lillian Allen (a dub poet, reggae musician, writer, and Juno Award winner), Gary Barwin (poet, writer, composer, multimedia artist, performer, and educator), and Gregory Betts (whose writing explores the boundaries between self, other, and alien – the radical other) is a collaborative collection that crackles in its exploration of land, language, and page space. Combining the intensity of Dub Poetry with the intricacies of experimental poetics, Muttertongue presents a sonorous soundscape echoing with the question of where (and why) is here (hear).
The book opens with a dialogue between the three authors, and concludes with an Afterword by Kaie Kellough. The release also coincides with a new music album by the three authors – and the book will be available to patrons as the show/performance concert tours Canada.
