1978 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Bloodaxe Books is established by Neil Astley in Newcastle upon Tyne, England L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine, edited by Bruce Andrews and Charles Bernstein, is first published in the United States Stevie, a film based on a play about the poet Stevie Smith is released Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: Canada Margaret Avison, Sunblue Earle Birney, Fall by Fury & Other Makings. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Dionne Brand, Fore Day Morning: Poems William Wilfred Campbell, Vapour and Blue: Souster selects Campbell. Raymond Souster ed. Paget Press. Leonard Cohen, Death of a Lady's Man Don Domanski, Heaven Phyllis Gotlieb, The Works: Collected Poems George Benson Johnston, Taking a Grip: Poems 1971-78. Irving Layton, The Love Poems of Irving Layton. Toronto: Canadian Fine Editions. Irving Layton, The Tightrope Dancer. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Dennis Lee, The Gods. Vancouver: Kanchenjunga Press. Pat MacKay, The Pat Lowther Poem Sean O'Huigin, The Inks and the Pencils and the Looking Back Michael Ondaatje, Elimination Dance/La danse eliminatoire, Ilderton: