Robert Boates
Robert Boates (born 1954 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian poet. In 1989 he suffered a head injury which caused brain trauma, damaging the language center of his brain. His poetry, which is clear, erudite, well-crafted, intelligent, and economical, "provides a literary voice for survivors of brain trauma, documenting his passage in a second life." In 2006 he published He Carries Fear with Cactus Tree Press.
Robert Boates
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- 1954
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- Canada
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- poet
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- English
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Robert Boates (born 1954 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian poet. In 1989 he suffered a head injury which caused brain trauma, damaging the language center of his brain. His poetry, which is clear, erudite, well-crafted, intelligent, and economical, "provides a literary voice for survivors of brain trauma, documenting his passage in a second life." In 2006 he published He Carries Fear with Cactus Tree Press.
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His style, in its contemporariness-without-ornament, can be reminiscent of Larry Levis.
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