Up Against Beyond

This book comprises 121 poems selected from two dozen years of Jason Holt's work, including poems from six previous books and verse appearing here for the first time. Holt's poetic trademarks-rhythmic stress, syntactic variation, wordplay, neologism-are apparent throughout in service of the aesthetic moment that is, for so many, as elusive as it is worthy of pursuit."What I particularly enjoyed about this collection is that excerpts are taken from the poet's life spanning 23 years. We get to see a poet in various moods, and various spaces, using language as a tool for each occasion. I would recommend this work for anyone interested in reading new poetic voices and particularly those who are open to experimental poems." -Infinite TextJason Holt lives in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with his wife Megan and their cats Ruby and Jasper. He is Professor of Kinesiology at Acadia University, where his research interests include aesthetics, philosophy of sport, and philosophy and popular culture. With over fifty essays published in numerous journals and anthologies, he is also the author of many books, most recently the scholarly Kinetic Beauty: The Philosophical Aesthetics of Sport (Routledge, 2020) and the literary Fledges and Phraselings (Anaphora, 2019).