Brian Campbell
- Age: 253
- Astrological Sign: Gemini
- Zodiac Year: Rat
- Industry: Education
- Location: Montreal : Quebec : Canada
About Me
Brian Campbell is a poet, singer-songwriter, editor, translator, and teacher. His second collection, Passenger Flight, was recently published by Signature Editions. He is also the author of Guatemala and Other Poems (1994) and Undressing the Night (2007), a translation of the selected poems of Nicaraguan-Canadian poet Francisco Santos. His poetry, reviews and essays have appeared in, among others, Vallum, The New Quarterly, Grain, Prairie Fire, The Saranac Review, The Antigonish Review, The Rover, Rock Salt Plum Review, Montreal Review of Books, and Nth Position. A finalist in the 2006 CBC Literary Award for Poetry, he is also co-founder/editor of Sky of Ink Press, which prints quality chapbooks by emerging poets. His independent music CD, The Courtier’s Manuscript, was released in 2002.
Interests
- poetry
- 20th century poetry
- romanticism
- modernism
- post-modernism
- contemporary folk music
- indie music
- Buddhism
- Sufiism
- philosophy
- contemporary art
Favorite Music
- Bob Dylan
- Joni Mitchell
- Paul Simon
- Tom Waits
- Andy Logan
- Leonard Cohen
- Alanis Morrisette (Jagged Little Pill)
- Victor Jara
- Violeta Parra
- Angel Parra
- Silvio Rodrigues
- Pablo Milanes
- Beethoven
- Vivaldi
- Bach
- Bartok
- Art Pepper
- Kieth Jarret
- Miles Davis
- John Coltrane
- Jan Gaborek
- Ravi Shankhar
- Ali Akhbar Khan
- Robbie Basho
- Harald Clayton
- Brian Campbell (self-serving but true)
