Richard Truhlar

Curriculum Vitae


Book Publications

The Hollow and other fictions, 80 pp., The Mercury Press, 2005.
Dynamite in the Lung, 104 pp., The Mercury Press, Toronto, 1999.
The Pitch, 72 pp., The Mercury Press, Stratford, 1992.
Figures in Paper Time, 80 pp., The Mercury Press/Aya Press, Stratford, 1989.
Utensile Paradise, 64 pp., Aya Press, Toronto, 1987.
Parisian Novels, 74 pp., The Front Press, Toronto, 1983.
A Porcelain Cup Placed There, 112 pp., Coach House Press, Toronto, 1979.


Chapbook Publications

Ten Sephardic Translations, 24 pp., Curvd H&Z, Toronto, 1984.
Moon Dice, 24 pp., Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1982.
Open Translations, 16 pp., Phenomenon Press, Toronto, 1982.
Ten Portraits of Mimaroglu, 24 pp., Kontakte Vol.2 #1, Phenomenon Press, Toronto, 1978.
Rheticus the Dreampoems, 16 pp., Wild Press, Toronto, 1975.


Recordings

Fossil Motion, compact disc anthology, Carnivocal: a Celebration of Sound Poetry, Red Deer Press, Red Deer, Alberta, 1999.
Black It Stood As Night (excerpt), audiocassette anthology, Perspectives, CEC, Montréal, 1992.
Simulant, compact disc anthology, Electro Clips, empreintes DIGITALes, Montréal, 1990.
From the Imaginary Musics Codex - Book 3, bpNichol in memoriam (excerpt), compact disc anthology, DisContact 1, CEC, Montréal, 1990.
Burning Chrome (excerpt), audiocassette anthology, Lost & Found Times No.26, Columbus, Ohio, 1990.
From the Imaginary Musics Codex - Book 2, audiocassette anthology, Audiothology 2 "Electroacoustics", Audiographics #35, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1989.
The Face of Another, 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #30, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1987.
Europe after the Rain, 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #25, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1986.
Paper Sky, 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #12, Underwhich Editions/GrOnk Final Series #3, Toronto, 1984.
Growling in the Roofbeams, 45 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #10, Underwhich editions, Toronto, 1984.
Kali's Alphabet, 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #14, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1982.


Booklets, Pamphlets, Posters, etc.

The Last Wave, pamphlet, 1cent #326, Ottawa, 1998.
Media Two, poster, Score, Oakland, CA, 1988.
Trace-Form Imagery in Venetian Ornamental Cookery, brochure, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1985.
Ten Sephardic Translations - #2, pamphlet, ComaGoats Press, Toronto, 1983.
Temporary Positions, broadside, Curvd H&Z, Toronto, 1982.
Cut, pamphlet, Curvd H&Z, Toronto, 1982.
Seven Portraits - RA, booklet, Curvd H&Z, Toronto, 1981.

 
Anthology Publications

The Closets of Time, The Closets of Time, The Mercury Press, Toronto, 2007.
Telephage, Sex: an Anthology, The Mercury Press, Toronto, 2000.
Closures, The First Charnel House Anthology of Bad Poetry, Charnel House, Toronto, 1989.
Accretions (excerpts), Love and Hunger: an Anthology of New Fiction, Aya Press, Toronto, 1988.
Communest: a Translation, Instant Anthology '87, Meet the Presses, Toronto, 1987.
Thanksgiving, Into the Night Life: Canadian Artists and Writers at Work, Nightwood Editions, Toronto, 1986.
Dynamite in the Lung, Swift Current Anthology, Coach House Press, Toronto, 1985.
Papers Delivered at the Symposium of Linguistics Onto-Genetics, GrOnk Final Series, Toronto, 1985.
Report from Piccu-Carlu: The Muskokan-Mayan Shift, Canadian "Pataphysics, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1981.
The Crisis of the Cultural Masterwork in Linguistic Onto-Genetics, Canadian "Pataphysics, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1981.
Toward a Constructivist Theory of Linguistic Onto-Genetics, Canadian "Pataphysics, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1981.
Ukiyo Elegies, Five on Fiche, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1980.
Ukiyo Translations Nos. 1-5, Translating Translating Apollinaire: A Preliminary Report, Membrane Press, Milwaukie WI, 1979.
Organum (excerpts), Poetry Toronto International Anthology of Concrete Poetry, Volume 1, Missing Link Press, Toronto, 1978.
Poems, Heritage Press, Toronto, 1972.


Periodical, Journal and Web Publications

In the Porchyards of the Void, Rampike, 25th Anniversary Issue (Part 1), Vol.14, No.1, Toronto, 2005.
The Moon Spot & The Sick Moon, Do You Read Your Garbage?, 1Cent #352, Ottawa, 2001.
Tartraits #2, Back to Black, 1Cent #350, Ottawa, 2001.
Tartrait #6, Industrial Sabotage No.54, Ottawa, 1997.
Telephage, Rampike, Creative Misunderstanding issue, Vol.8, No.1, Toronto, 1996.
Fact Simile, Paragraph, Vol.13, No.2, Stratford, Ont., 1991.
Stet, Rampike, 10th Anniversary issue, Part 1, Vol.7, No.1, Toronto, 1990.
Media Three, Capilano Review No.50, N. Vancouver, 1989.
Three Native Texts for Richard Huelsenbeck, Capilano Review No.50, N. Vancouver, 1989.
The vvofull, Capilano Review No.50, N. Vancouver, 1989.
The Pitch, Capilano Review No.50, N. Vancouver, 1989.
The Dense Marine, Ice River, Vol.2, No.1, Union OR, 1988.
Closures, Rampike, Ontology issue, Vol.6, No.1, Toronto, 1987.
Closures, Ice River, Union OR, 1987.
Stairs, Earbook 2, GrOnk Final Series #9, Toronto, 1987.
Figures in Paper Time (excerpt), The Shit #6, Martin-Garth Press, Toronto, 1987.
Historical Documents Series: No.356a, Rampike, La "Pataphysique issue, Vol.5, No.2, Toronto, 1986.
Vehicle of the Parasite (excerpt), Rampike, Food issue, Vol.5, No.1, Toronto, 1986.
Three in the Shadows (excerpt), Industrial Sabotage #38, Toronto, 1986.
Utensile Paradise, Poetry Canada Review, Vol.7, No.4, Toronto, 1986.
Meditation, The Shit #4, Martin-Garth Press, Toronto, 1986.
Subway, Industrial Sabotage #37, Toronto, 1986.
Your Exit..., Industrial Sabotage #37, toronto, 1986.
Silence and Glass, What #4, Toronto, 1986.
Media Two, Industrial Sabotage #36, Toronto, 1986.
Some( )else, What #2, Toronto, 1985.
Dialogue in Transit (for Shaunt), Industrial Sabotage #33, Toronto, 1985.
The Road to Peccari-Tampu (excerpt), Industrial Sabotage #29, Toronto, 1985.
Fictive Nations #1, Industrial Sabotage #29, Toronto, 1985.
Fictive Nations #2, Industrial Sabotage #26, Toronto, 1984.
Glaucoma Sonata, Capilano Review #31, N. Vancouver, 1984.
Turner Visits Blacking House, Capilano Review #31, N. Vancouver, 1984.
Three Native Texts for Richard Huelsenbeck, Capilano Review #31, N. Vancouver, 1984.
After Edward #4, Wordfest Catalogue, Ottawa, 1983.
Glaucoma Sonata, Wordfest Catalogue, Ottawa, 1983.
Motionem Fossile, Wordfest Catalogue, Ottawa, 1983.
Thousandyear Eve, Wordfest Catalogue, Ottawa, 1983.
Ten Sephardic Translations (excerpt), Industrial Sabotage #17, Toronto, 1983.
Interference, Capilano Review #26, N. Vancouver, 1983.
Night, Inkstone #1, Toronto, 1982.
Tattoo, Writing #4, Nelson, BC, 1982.
Report from Piccu-Carlu: The Muskokan-Mayan Shift, Open Letter, 4th Series, Nos.6&7, Toronto, 1981.
The Crisis of the Cultural Masterwork in Linguistic Onto-Genetics, Open Letter, 4th Series, Nos. 6&7, Toronto, 1981.
Toward a Constructivist Theory of Linguistic Onto-Genetics, Open Letter, 4th Series, Nos. 6&7, Toronto, 1981.
Source Across Soma, Intrinsic Nos. 7&8, Toronto, 1979.
Tattoo, Descant XXV-XXVI, Toronto, 1979.
The Life & Work of Chapter Seven, Blind Windows #1, Toronto, 1979.
Dump, Descant XXII-XXIII, Toronto, 1979.
Takemitsu, Rune No.5, Toronto, 1978.
Black Cykle (excerpts), Intrinsic Nos. 5&6, Toronto, 1978.
Mozarabic Translations Nos. 2 & 5, Interstate, Vol.3, Nos. 2&3, Austin, Texas, 1978.
After Edward #3, Interstate, Vol.3, nos. 2&3, Austin, Texas, 1978.
Chameleon (excerpts), Descant XX-XXI, Toronto, 1978.
Vasarely's Nightmare (excerpts), ABCD, London, England, 1978.
Shells, Typewriter No.8, Iowa City, Iowa, 1978.
Portrait of Mimaroglu #1, Maker No.3, Montréal, 1978.
OZ, Parts 1-3, New Blue Review, Vol.1, No.6, 1977.
Stanzas for Hugo Ball, Kontakte, Vol.1, No.2, Toronto, 1976.
Priapus Arched, Kontakte, Vol.1, No.1, Toronto, 1975.
Three from Berg, Descant XIII, Toronto, 1975.
Green, Descant XIII, Toronto, 1975.
Some( )else, Descant XI-XII, Toronto, 1975.
The Serials (excerpts), Descant XI-XII, Toronto, 1975.
Angels on my Doorstep, Waves, Vol.1, No.3, Toronto, 1973.
The Haunting of Wittering Heath, Waves, Vol.1, No.3, Toronto, 1973.
Room, York Literary Series No.3, Toronto, 1971.
Thistletown, a Mythology, Vandoo, York University, Toronto, 1971.


Publications: Collaborative Works

She was a Visitor (with Owen Sound and The Horsemen), compact disc anthology, Carnivocal: a Celebration of Sound Poetry, Red Deer Press, Red Deer, Alberta, 1999.
Myths of Space #2 (with Mara Zibens), audiocassette anthology, Taproot 5/6, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 1988.
Future Hygenic for Tristan Tzara (with Owen Sound), audiocassette anthology, Slowscan 5, Hertogenbisch, Holland, 1987.
Sleepwalkers (with Steven R. Smith), book & audiocassette, Underwhich Editions, 1987.
Set 2: Readings from Julio Cortazar - No.1 "End of the Game" (with Mara Zibens), audiocassette anthology, Musicworks 38, Toronto, 1986.
NON (with Phenomenonsemble), 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #38, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1986.
Memo from Minoa (with Mara Zibens), Rampike, Propaganda issue, Vol.4, Nos. 2&3, Toronto, 1985.
Scarborough Bluffs (with Owen Sound & the Scarborough Sound Symphony), 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #23, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1985.
Sign Language (with Owen Sound), 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #22, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1985.
Transonances (with Susan Frykberg & Steven R. Smith), 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #20, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1984.
Moving Human Coils (with Tekst), 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #21, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1984.
1'54" to... (with Owen Sound), book/record, Capilano Review #31, N. Vancouver, 1984.
für Dieter Schnebel - tempus est (with Owen Sound), book/record, Capilano Review #31, N. Vancouver, 1984.
She was a Visitor (with Owen Sound), book/record, Capilano Review #31, N. Vancouver, 1984.
PRE (with jwcurry), chapbook, Teksteditions, Toronto, 1984.
Infinite Anatomies (with Tekst), 60. min. audiocassette, Audiographics #17, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1983.
Within (excerpt, with Steven R. Smith), pamphlet, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1982.
Unexpected Passage (with Tekst), 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #15, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1982.
Interior Design (with Mara Zibens), chapbook, Teksteditions, Toronto, 1982.
Avatamsaka's Wave Packet (with Tekst), 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #9, Toronto, 1981.
Manicured Noise (with Steve McCaffery), 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #7, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1981.
Beyond the Range (with Owen Sound), 60 min. audiocassette, Audiographics #4, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1980.
Correspondences: a pun on Baudelaire (with Owen Sound), Sound Poetry: a Catalogue, Underwhich Editions, Toronto, 1978.
Specifications (with Owen Sound), pamphlet, Wild Press, Toronto, 1978.
Meaford Tank Range (with Owen Sound), book/record, Wild Press, Toronto, 1977.



Criticism

Manhole 69: Howling at the Gates of Sound, Truhlar web site, 2002.
Manhole 69: The Cutting Edge of Conservative Choice, Truhlar web site, 2001.
Manhole 69: Linda Catlin Smith - The Abstraction of Emotion, Truhlar web site, 2001.
New Music and the Canadian Recording Industry, Musicanada 2000, Montréal, PQ, 2000.
Manhole 69: Dystopian Visions, Paragraph, Vol.13, No.2, Stratford, ON, 1991.
Manhole 69: Clive Barker's Cabal, Paragraph, Vol.12, No.2, Stratford, ON, 1990.
Comrades and Common Rants, Poetry Canada Review, Vol.9, No.3, Toronto, 1988.
You are what you write, Poetry Canada Review, Vol.9, No.1, Toronto, 1987.
The New Communicators, Artviews, Vol.13, No.1, Toronto, 1987.
Brian Dedora, What No.3, Toronto, 1986.
Aesthetics of Boredom, Mondo Hunkamooga No.3, Toronto, 1983.
Metaphor-out-of-control, Toronto Art News, Vol.2, No.6, Toronto, 1982.
Chopped Liver, Toronto Art News, Vol.2, No.4, Toronto, 1982.
Incognito, Toronto Art News, Vol.2, No.3, Toronto, 1982.
Poet as Performer: Sky Sails, Poetry Toronto Newsletter No.27, Toronto, 1978.
Poet as Performer: Six Montreal Poets, Poetry Toronto Newsletter No.25, Toronto, 1977.
Exploding the Word, Contemporary Verse II, Vol.3, No.1, Winnipeg, 1977.


Broadcasting

In Other Words, CKLN 88.1, Toronto, 1987: producer/writer host of a 52-week series of live programmes devoted to contemporary poetry and fiction.
Canadian Poetry in the 1980s, Open College Ryerson, CJRT-FM 91.1, Toronto, 1983: producer/writer/host of a 12-part series.
The Art of Sound Poetry, CJRT 91.1 FM, Toronto, 1981-82: producer/writer of a 12-week series surveying the history of sound poetry.


Editorial & Production

Centrediscs, Canadian Music Centre recording label manager, Toronto, 1987-present.
Tronia Disc, recording label executive producer, Toronto, 1990-present.
Teksteditions, founding editor/publisher, Toronto, 1982-present.
Kontakte / Phenomenon Press, co-founding editor/publisher, Toronto, 1975-present.
Underwhich Editions, co-founding editor/publisher, Toronto, 1978-90.
Paragraph, the Fiction Magazine, contributing editor, Stratford, Ont., 1990.