Brian Henderson is the author of 8 collections of poetry, including a deck of visual poem-cards. His work has appeared in many small magazines over the years, such as Arc, The Antigonish Review, The Canadian Forum, Canadian Literature, Descant, The Fiddlehead, Scrivener, Event, Prism and Rampike. He was a co-editor of Rune for its decade of existence. For most of his career he's worked in educational publishing, but in 1999 became the director of Wilfrid Laurier University Press. He has a PhD. from York University in Canadian Literature. He lives in Kitchener, Ontario, loves the garden, what light does to film, the woman who shines. He has two children by a former marriage.
Selected Publications
The Expanding Room (Black Moss, 1978).
Paracelsus (The Porcupine's Quill, 1977).
The Veridical Book of the Silent Planet (Aya Press, 1979).
Migration of Light (General, 1983).
The Alphamiricon (Underwhich Editions, 1987).
Smoking Mirror (ECW Press, 1990) ISBN 1-55022-105-1.
Year Zero (Brick Books, 1995) ISBN 0-919626-77-7.
Light in Dark Objects (Ekstasis Editions, 2000) ISBN 1-896860-80-X.
Selected Anthologies
Canadian Poetry Now; 20 Poets of the '80s (House of Anansi, 1984).
Books in Print
Henderson, Brian
The Alphamiricon Poetry/Art (Underwhich Editions, 1987).
Smoking MirrorPoetry (ECW Press, 1990) ISBN 1-55022-105-1, $11.95.
Year Zero Poetry (Brick Books, 1995) ISBN 0-919626-77-7, $12.95.
Light in Dark Objects Poetry (Ekstasis Editions, 2000) ISBN 1-896860-80-X, $14.95
Brian Henderson
15 Quail Hollow, Kitchner, ON N2P 2A8
phone: 519-895-0008
e-mail: brihen@rogers.com
