"The Siren of Howe Sound"
Haley \‘hay-lee\, Heather n, trailblazing poet, author, musician and media artist Heather Haley pushes boundaries by creatively integrating disciplines, genres and media.
ONE LIFE \wuhn ‘lahyf\ n, Heather's blog
New Projects in 2011
Heather Haley is working on a new collection of verse and has completed her novel, "The Town Slut's Daughter." AURAL Heather is entering an exciting new phase in 2011. Heather will be recording a new CD and performing solo the spoken word songs from her CD Princess Nut along with new works.
THE POETRY OF PROVENCE Travel Seminar
with Friends and Foods International
Join Heather Haley and anthropologist, chef and Chevalier de Vin, Mark Haskell of Friends and Foods International in France this fall. We will eat, breathe and drink the poetry that is Provence. We are proposing a September tour as it is the height of the vendange (wine harvest) in the Côtes du Rhone. The cost is $2950 US and includes accommodations, food/wine, transportation, cancellation insurance, restaurants, entrance fees, instruction and guides. Deadline for booking is July 15. View the full details on this website, or email Heather for more information.
New Performance on Video and Poetry in Print
Heather recently performed her spoken word songs at the Calgary International Spoken Word Festival, featured as one of five "Wild Women." She is third up in the first video segment after Elyse and Deanna (at 0:40:00).
She is also featured in the new Sheri-D Wilson edited Spoken Word Workbook (Banff Centre Press) with an essay called Sideways, along with bill bissett, Paul Dutton, Ian Ferrier, John Giorno, Bob Holman, Kaie Kellough, Billeh Nickerson, Robert Priest, Anne Waldman and many others.
Three Blocks West of Wonderland
I'm very happy and relieved and proud to announce the publication of "Three Blocks West of Wonderland," my new collection of poetry by Ekstasis Editons.
"If you are a Rambling girl who wants to shirk and shake her motherland, read this jitters and jive guide to the other side of Canada and the world. Fads and fears take Air Canada wing (or Westjet’s). Sights seen turn into fables and metaphors, quirks of speech and character galore. As to the body of the language, the Canadian straightjacket lies like an old pair of stays on the stage in this diction strippers act. But there is a serious restlessness to Heather Haley's serial observations — in the tradition of that great Canadian traveller in poetry, Ralph Gustafson's: adagio notations, like his, on everything she sees and feels and musically reveals." — author, Vancouver's first Poet Laureate, George McWhirter
Order your copy here:
http://www.ekstasiseditions.com
“An interesting twist on poetry, AURAL Heather has taken the art form to higher levels of cool. Pulling no punches, AURAL Heather drops the truth on a diverse array of controversial topics. With undeniable allure, poet Haley's voice is both sensual and intriguing, delivering the real without apology.” - Catask.com
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Beautiful Loser, Tortured Killer
How Two Veterans of the L.A. Punk Scene Wound Up on a Collision Course, Until Only One Was Left Standing
This article in the LA Weekly describes how, years after they separated, Heather's ex-husband was killed by her ex-boyfriend in Los Angeles. Read the article >
SIDEWAYS
"Brawny, uncompromising language from a voice that demands to be reckoned with."
Heather's book of poetry, Sideways (published by Anvil Press) may be found in many fine bookstores — or go to the library and borrow it.
Sideways may be ordered online through Chapters.indigo.ca, Amazon.ca and Amazon.com.
ISBN:1-895636-56-X
PURPLE LIPSTICK
Beyond Goth
Purple is the colour of a fresh bruise. Haley's latest videopoem, "Purple Lipstick" confronts the insidious nature of domestic violence through compelling juxtapositions. A disembodied female voice employs vivid language, absurdist against a backdrop of banality, images of *normal* family life. Numb in her isolation and still in her nurse's uniform, a wife and mother prepares dinner. The inherent terror of her homelife is invoked with excruciating tension. Its brutality can only be alluded to. Features slam poetry star Alexandra Oliver in title role.
Read an interview: 12 or 20 questions: with Heather Haley