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Daniel Scott Tysdal (born May 26, 1978) is a Canadian
poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...
and film director whose work approaches the lyric mode with an experimental spirit. In June 2007, Tysdal received the
ReLit Award The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories."Three indie writers honoured by ReLit Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 19, 2007. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundla ...
for Poetry. Tysdal was born in
Moose Jaw Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javian ...
,
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, and was raised on a
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. He received a B.A. (Hons.) from the
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(
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) in 2003, an M.A. (English) from
Acadia University Acadia University is a public, predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level. The enabling legislation consists of the Acadia ...
(
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...
) in 2006, and an M.A. (English in the Field of Creative Writing) from
The University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...
in 2008. He currently lives in
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, Canada and is a lecturer in creative writing at The
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.


Career and awards


Poetry

His first collection of poetry, ''Predicting the Next Big Advertising Breakthrough Using a Potentially Dangerous Method'' (2006), received the 2004 John V. Hicks Manuscript Award and the 2006
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Award ( Saskatchewan Book Award for Best Book of Poetry). ''Predicting the Next Big Advertising Breakthrough'' was also
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for the 2006 Brenda MacDonald Riches Award (Saskatchewan Book Award for Best First Book), and won the 2007
ReLit Award The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories."Three indie writers honoured by ReLit Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 19, 2007. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundla ...
. Tysdal's poem, "An Experiment in Form," received honourable mention in the 2003
National Magazine Awards The National Magazine Awards, also known as the Ellie Awards, honor print and digital publications that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy enterprise and imaginative design. Or ...
. His poem "T-Shirts or Toys: Crib Notes for a One-Year-Old Nephew" was a national finalist in the CBC's (
Canadian Broadcasting Company The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government ...
) 2005 National Poetry Face-Off. Tysdal's poetry, Canadian writer
Jon Paul Fiorentino Jon Paul Fiorentino is a Canadian poet, novelist, short story writer, editor, and professor. Fiorentino was born and raised in the Transcona area of Winnipeg, Manitoba. In his book of poems, ''Resume Drowning'', he wrote that because he has re ...
writes, "is an exhilarating mix of pop culture, philosophy,
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, and
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." His work investigates
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poetic themes -loss and redemption, selfhood and community— through a diverse range of contemporary experiences, mediums and artefacts. ''Predicting the Next Big Advertising Breakthrough'' begins with "
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: A Catalogue of Their Return," a modestly illustrated description of a zombie invasion, and ends with, "A>Al Jaffee Allan Jaffee (born Abraham Jaffee; March 13, 1921) is an American cartoonist. He is notable for his work in the satirical magazine '' Mad'', including his trademark feature, the ''Mad'' Fold-in. Jaffee was a regular contributor to the magazine ...
’s
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"fold-ins"; to read the final line of the poem, readers must physically fold the page in thirds to discover it. Thus, whether writing a
traditional A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or ...
lyric or
elegy An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, and in English literature usually a lament for the dead. However, according to ''The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy'', "for all of its pervasiveness ... the 'elegy' remains remarkably ill defined: sometime ...
, or dealing with subjects as diverse as bukkake and
Walter Benjamin Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (; ; 15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940) was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist. An eclectic thinker, combining elements of German idealism, Romanticism, Western Marxism, and Jewish ...
, Tysdal "gets us to rethink what constitutes a poetic text." George Elliot Clarke observes, "for all their high-minded, critical
jouissance ''Jouissance'' is a French term meaning "enjoyment", which in Lacanianism is taken in terms both of rights and property, and of sexual orgasm. The latter has a meaning partially lacking in the English word "enjoyment". The term denotes a transgr ...
, the lyrics are lively with accessible
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s, jokes, games, and
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." In the book, Tysdal's work is also characterized by elements of
concrete poetry Concrete poetry is an arrangement of linguistic elements in which the typographical effect is more important in conveying meaning than verbal significance. It is sometimes referred to as visual poetry, a term that has now developed a distinct me ...
and visual art. "One Way of Shuffling Is Ten Hours into Back-to-Back Sessions Going on Tilt," a meditation on ideas of order and origin through a hand of
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, takes the visual form of a deck of cards. "How We Know We Are Being Addressed by the Man Who Shot Himself Online" works with the images taken from the digital footage of a suicide posted on the
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, an innovative poetic strategy praised by one reviewer as the book's "most horrifying intermingling of text with visuals." But reviewer Tim Conley demurred, writing that the book, "has the pleasing shape of a catalogue but structurally smacks of one of those dead-end marketplace "squatter" sites encountered at a wrong turn on the web, offering catch-all links in categories (games, dating, cell phones, horoscopes, real estate, movies)..." Tysdal's second book of poetry,''The Mourner's Book of Albums'', was published by Tightrope Books in October 2010. A poem from that collection, "The Big List," was chosen as one of the fifty best Canadian poems published in Canadian literary journals in 2010 and appears in the anthology ''The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2011'' edited by Priscila Uppal and Molly Peacock.


Fiction

Tysdal has also received recognition for his work in short fiction. In 2008, Tysdal's
short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...
"What is Missing" received first place in the Eye Weekly Short Story Contest. His fiction has also appeared in online literary magazines including Joyland: A hub for short fiction (2012) and
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(2011). His first full-length short story collection, ''Waveforms and Doom Scrolls'', was published in 2021. The book was shortlisted for the
ReLit Award The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories."Three indie writers honoured by ReLit Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 19, 2007. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundla ...
for short fiction in 2022."Short fiction from Norma Dunning, David Huebert, Alix Ohlin among works shortlisted for 2022 ReLit Awards"
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, May 9, 2022.


Bibliography


Poetry

*''Predicting the Next Big Advertising Breakthrough Using a Potentially Dangerous Method'' (2006);
Coteau Books Coteau Books was a small, non-profit literary press based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was established in 1975 by Bob Currie, Gary Hyland, Barbara Sapergia and Geoffrey Ursell when they realized that there was little opportunity for Sask ...
*''The Mourner's Book of Albums'' (2010); Tightrope Books *''Fauxccasional Poems'' (2015); icehouse poetry


Fiction and photography

*''Dear Adolf'' (2012); Steel Bananas


Textbooks

*''The Writing Moment: A Practical Guide to Creating Poems'' (2013);
Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...
Canada


Anthologies

*"The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2011", eds. Priscila Uppal and
Molly Peacock Molly Peacock (born Buffalo, New York 1947) is an American-Canadian poet, essayist, biographer and speaker, whose multi-genre literary life also includes memoir, short fiction, and a one-woman show. Career Peacock's latest book is Flower Diary ...
(2011); Tightrope Books *''Gulch: An Assemblage of Poetry and Prose'' eds. Karen Correia Da Silva, Sarah Beaudin, and Curran Folkers (2009); Tightrope Books *''Boredom Fighters: A Collection of Graphic Poems'' eds. Jake Kennedy and Paola Paoletto (2008); Tightrope Books *''Fast Forward: New Saskatchewan Poets'' eds. Barbara Klar and Paul Wilson (2007); Hagios Press


Criticism

*Tysdal, Dan. "Inarticulation and the Figure of Enjoyment: Raymond Carver's Minimalism Meets David Foster Wallace's 'A Radically Condensed History of Postindustrial Life.'" ''Wascana Review of Contemporary Poetry and Short Fiction'' 38.1 (2003), 66-83.


References


External links


Daniel Scott Tysdal's blog"What Is Missing"
Tysdal's first-place winning entry for the 2008 Eye Weekly Short Story Contest. *Review by {{DEFAULTSORT:Tysdal, Daniel Scott 21st-century Canadian poets 1978 births Living people People from Moose Jaw Writers from Saskatchewan University of Toronto faculty Canadian people of Norwegian descent Canadian male poets 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian short story writers Canadian male short story writers