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smith festival performing at the 2010 calgary international spoken word toronto , ontario , canada the rafael barreto-rivera , steve mccaffery . four horsemen : bpnichol , paul dutton , 320px canadian '' '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- ; '' fluttertongue book 2 , fluttertongue the book of emmett '' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- ; '' book fluttertongue 3 : disarray '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- ; '' 1 fluttertongue 4 : adagio for the pressured surround '' -lrb- , 2007 -rrb- ; '' fluttertongue 5 : everything appears to the shine with mossy splendour '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- . book of games 25 june 1945 1972 to present poetry , fiction , arts journalism steven ross smith.jpeg steven ross smith
 steven ross smith poet , sound poet , fiction writer . ryerson polytechnical institute
steven ross smith

steven ross smith -lrb- born june 25 , 1945 -rrb- is a canadian poet , sound poet , fiction writer , arts journalist and arts activist .
he is best known for his fluttertongue poems , which were published in five volumes .
one of them , `` fluttertongue 3 : disarray '' , won the 2005 book of the year award at the saskatchewan book awards .
the fluttertongue poems have been described as a dance with words that pushes the boundaries of both language and poetry .
smith is also known for his vigorous live performances of sound poetry .
he has contributed to more than a dozen recordings including `` homo sonorous : an international anthology of sound poetry '' released by the national centre for contemporary arts , kaliningrad , russia , -lrb- 2001 -rrb- , `` revolutions , a compilation of saskatchewan sound works '' , -lrb- 2000 -rrb- and `` carnivocal : a celebration of sound poetry '' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- .
from 1992 to 2000 , smith performed with `` duct '' , the improvisatory sound and music ensemble he founded .
he was also a member of the sound/performance ensemble `` owen sound '' from 1975 to 1985 .
smith 's poetry first appeared in 1972 in the blewointment press anthology , `` what isint tantrik speshul '' , and his first chapbook , `` white cycle '' , came out in 1977 .
in all , he has published nine books of poetry and two volumes of fiction .
in 2006 , smith also published a collection of his newspaper profiles of 40 saskatchewan artists .
in 1996-1997 , smith served as writer-in-residence at the saskatoon public library .
from 1990 to 2008 , he was executive director of the sage hill writing experience , a ten-day summer school in saskatchewan for professional writers .
smith is currently director of literary arts at the banff centre .
he lives in banff , alberta with his spouse , the fiction writer j. jill robinson , and their teenaged son .
