Author

Works Published

Trade Books

sensory deprivation / dream poetics. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2000. Visual poetry, 128 pages. Alcuin Award for Book Design (designed by author).

towards the quiet. Toronto: ECW Press, 1997. Poetry, 120 pp. Gerald Lampert Award nominee.

Electronic Works

sensory deprivation / dream poetics. ‹sensory.damianlopes.com›, 1998. Visual poetry-multimedia.

Installations

Project X 1497-1999. Public Displays of Asianness, New York, NYU, 1998.

Project X 1497-1999. Virtual Communities, Toronto, Desh Pardesh, 1998.

Chapbooks

continuum. published as part of Push-Machinery 21, Toronto: 1996. Poetry, concrete poetry, 16 pages.

introspection. Toronto: fingerprinting inkoperated, February 1996. Visual poetry, 20 pages.

transentence. Port Charlotte, FL: Runaway Spoon Press, 1994. Poetry, 36 pages.

in verse: copyscript 1991. Hamilton: MindWare, October 1993. Visual poetry, 10 pages.

xtc’s extended. Toronto: Toronto Burger Research, September 1993. Visual poetry, 8 pages.

2 slides of A. Toronto: fingerprinting inkoperated, June 1993. Visual poetry, 2 slides in wrapper.

unclear family. Port Charlotte, FL: Runaway Spoon Press, 1991. Concrete poetry, 32 pages.

letters from home. Victoria: privately published, July 1991. Concrete poetry, 10 pages.

b/p/all: a mass offering. Toronto: 1cent, January 1991. Visual poetry, 16 pages.

Broadsides and Leaflets

‘beyond the taxiwallah.’ Toronto: Coach House Books, 1999. Potery and photograph.

feeding time. Toronto: Pangen Subway Ritual, April 1997. Poetry.

anxiety of influence. Toronto: fingerprinting inkoperated, 1997. Visual poetry.

POET. with Darren Wershler-Henry. Toronto: Increased Insistence, 1997. Poetry.

‘thot.’ Toronto: Torque Maximum Rotation Ephemera Series, January 1995. Visual poetry.

‘bony dog.’ Bombay: fingerprinting inkoperated, July 1994. Poetry.

INDIA. Mysore: fingerprinting inkoperated, June 1994. Poetry.

‘picking you.’ Cunchelim: fingerprinting inkoperated, June 1994. Poetry.

‘gadji beri bimba.’ Toronto: Nietzsche’s Brolly, 1994. Visual poetry.

‘ear.’ Toronto: Nietzsche’s Brolly, 1994. Visual poetry.

‘(for Dom).’ toronto: Curvd H&z, may 1992. Visual poetry.

autobiodegradable. Cambridge: HUNGry zipper, April 1992; 2nd state with new cover image, October 1992. Visual poetry.

dream poetics: bpNichol, an untitled sound poem. Montréal: fingerprinting inkoperated, February 1992. Visual poetry/sound text.

‘the difference in knowledge.’ North Vancouver: Silver Birch, August 1991. Poetry.

a found calendar. Toronto: Utopic Furnace, July 1991. Found poetry.

silent subtext 5 daybreak. Victoria: fingerprinting inkoperated, July 1991. Found poetry.

xtc‘s / (for m). Toronto: Pangen Subway Ritual, March 1991. Visual poetry.

[sign crime]. Montréal: fingerprinting inkoperated, February 1991. Contrete poetry.

january 16 1991. Montréal: fingerprinting inkoperated, January 1991. Poetry.

‘do not readjust your set.’ Montréal: fingerprinting inkoperated, January 1990; reprinted March 1991. Concrete poetry.

‘car headlights.’ Montréal: fingerprinting inkoperated, August 1990. Poetry.

Contributions to Collections

“our home on native land,” “la mémorial des martyrs français de la déportation,” “kandahar time,” Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice. Eds Ronald Riekki and Andrea Scarpino. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2019: 69-71, 105-7, 202-5.

“closed caption,” “The Gutenblur.” The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008. Eds Nico Vassilakis and Crag Hill. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2012: 34, 252.

“i strip.” This Place. Toronto: Professional Vagrant Press, 2012.

untitled, “gadgi beri bimba.” October is Dada Month: The Complete Nietzsche’s Brolly Broadsheets. Ed Marshall Hrycluk. Toronto: Nietzsche’s Brolly, 2009. 42-3.

three visual poems. Courier: an anthology of concrete and visual poetry. Ed derek beaulieu. Calgary: housepress, 1999. np.

“the mortician’s waltz,” “awhereness,” ‘do not readjust.’ The Last Word: an Insomniac Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Poetry. Ed. Michael Holmes. Toronto: Insomiac Press, 1995. 17-20

“silent subtext 6 creation.” [The Berkeley Horse] Catalogue 7. Ed David UU. Hamilton: MindWare, February 1994. np

[“hoarse sense”]. [The Berkeley Horse] Catalogue 6. Ed David UU. Hamilton: MindWare, February 1993. np

“dream poetics: David UU (c. 1968).” list #7: David UU: Slight of Hand. Ed jwcurry. Toronto: Room 302 Books, December. 1992. np

[“silent subtext 5 daybreak”]. Mail Art Show / Visual Poetry. Tbilisi: np, 1992. np

‘tears of an old man.’ [The Berkeley Horse] Catalogue 5. Ed David UU. North Vancouver: Silver Birch, February 1992. np

Contributions to Serial Publications

“your hammer,” “coarse surgery,” Descant 158 (2012): 90-3.

“wife of bharata” from Die Cast. dandelion 34.1 (2008): 10-12.

“monsoon breaking,” ‘divali lamp,’ “with eyes closed.” filling Station 18 (2000): 4-6.

“The Art of Navigation: the Technological Narrative of Project X 1497-1999.” Open Letter 10.9 (2000): 62-7.

Five visual poems. Queen Street Quarterly 2.4/3.1 (1999): 67-71.

“muve.” Magyar Muhely 105 (1997): 58.

“He’s drunk the water of many countries.” Descant 99 (1997): 121-140.

“guerillas in our myths,” “echosystems,” “chemin différent,” “shetani,” “silencing africa.” West Coast Line 31.1 (1997): 68-77

“under the centaur.” TickleAce 33 (1997): 185

“in the cool shade of concrete.” Canadian Literature 152-3 (1997): 12

“Three Figures from a Treatise on Sensory De(p)rivation.” Open Letter 9.7 (1997): covers, 23-5

“The Teeth of the Elephant.” Montreal Serai 10.1 (1996): 23-26

‘for Dom,’ “dream poetics: jwcurry.” Offerta Speciale 18 (1996): 7-8

“after Ashis Nandy.” The Toronto Review 15.1 (1996): cover

‘the whitewashed world.’ Lost and Found Times 37 (1996): 44

‘Yes that’s right.’ Torque 2.2 (1996): np

“Nothing changes.” The Toronto Review 14.3 (1996): 46-59

‘the linguistic obscurity,’ ‘e slide.’ Offerta Speciale 17 (1996): 6-7

“Once the nut grows.” West Coast Line 30.1 (1996): 52-61

“As the digging.” Montreal Serai 9.5 (1996): 22-25

one poem. Score 1*3 (1995): 35

two poems. Oversion 11/12 (1995): np

‘m-d,’ ‘jw,’ “beginner’s guide to dream poetics: enjambment,” “image formation of nonself.” Torque 1.4/1.5 (1995): np

three poems. Oversion 10 (1995): np

“autobiogeography: orient(hyphe-n)ation,” “middle ground.” Montreal Serai 9.1-2 (1995): 18

“Silent Subtext 6 Creation.” Offerta Speciale 15 (1995): 1

“Display cases.” Pan del Muerto 5 (1995): 9-12

“autobiogeography: transatlanticplantation.” New Quarterly 15.1 (1995): 39

“stand on guard over thee.” Ink Magazine 1.3 (1995): 31

‘face,’ [“hoarse sense”]. Torque 1.1 (1995): np

[letterhead 1], [letterhead 2]. The Mouth 16 (1994): 17

“The teeth of the elephant.” The Toronto Review 12.3 (1994): 32-9

“autobiogeography: a line meant,” “autobiogeography: art((rev)erie)s.” Montreal Serai 8.1-2 (1994): 20-1

‘the linguistic obscurity.’ Shit Diary 11 (1994): np

“duet,” “dream poetics: jwcurry.” SinOverTan 6 (1994): 8, 14

‘six o’clock news peak,’ ‘the ejaculate,’ ‘the streetcleaner,’ ‘words held over,’ ‘THE GUTTENBLUR [sic].’ West Coast Line 27.3 (1994): 90-1

‘m.’ Offerta Speciale 12 (1993): 37

“autobiogeography: awhereness.” Rungh 2.1-2 (1993): 53

“Where I Dig Is Hard.” West Coast Line 27.1 (1993): 83-8

“a letter to the italians.” The Mouth 11 (1993): 39

‘no time on my hands.’ Alabama Dogshoe Moustache 13 (1992): np

“uno vèrso;” “the mortician’s waltz/la valse d’entrepreneur de pompes funèbres/il valzer dell’impresario di pompe funebri.” Offerta Speciale 10 (1992): 40-1

‘the small boy runs.’ Alabama Dogshoe Moustache 12 (1992): np

“un pays bilingual;” “dull reflection;” “still life or la nature morte.” West Coast Line 26.1 (1992): 61-2

‘what many voices say.’ Push Machinery 19 (1992): np

‘sounding thoughts.’ Alabama Dogshoe Moustache 11 (1992): np

‘evolving.’ Flyer for Lost and Found Times 29 (1992)

‘evolving;’ ‘the linguistic obscurity.’ Lost and Found Times 29 (1992): np

[“january 16 1991”]; ‘do not readjust.’ [used without permission]. The Mouth 8 (1992): 22-3

‘o;’ ‘h;’ ‘m.’ [from letters from home, used without permission]. The Mouth 7 (1991): 27-9

“ought: a variant;” ‘what you know about me;’ “son sight.” New Muse of Contempt 4.3 (1991): 15-7

“the first person;” “this does not happen again;” “ought.” Pawn to Infinity 1.3 (1991): 33-5

‘OTOTO;’ ‘S.’ Offerta Speciale 8 (1991): 42-3

‘contradictionary.’ the Subtle Journal of Raw Coinage 48 (1991): np

‘afternoon moon.’ 1cent 274 (1991): np

“down.” Industrial Sabotage 51 (1991): np

“autobiogeography: awhereness.” paragraph 13.2 (1991): 7

“I Am The Dog;” “The Sweater;” “A Doorway.” New Canadian Review 2.3 (1991): 74-6

“penury.” TickleAce 19 (1990): 46

Performances

L3 Writers’ Conference, Barrie, April 2016.

Barrie Manor, Barrie, April 2016.

Factory Reading Series, Ottawa, December 2015.

Word Up, Barrie, December 2014.

Arts ce Soir, Culture Days, Barrie, September 2012.

Poetry Month, Barrie Public Library, April 2012.

Society of the Spoken Word, Barrie, December 2011.

Remembrance Week, Simcoe Foresters Museum, Barrie, November 2011.

Big Barrie Reading, Culture Days, October 2011.

Mady Centre Opening, Barrie, September 2011.

Culture Days, Barrie, September 2010.

Read Out Loud, Carnegie Days, Barrie, September 2010.

Lend Me Your Ear, Carnegie Days, Barrie, September 2010.

Society of the Spoken Word, Barrie, June 2010.

Celebrate Simcoe, L3 Writers’ Conference, Barrie, April 2010.

Village of the Arts, Orillia, September 2009.

Celebrate Simcoe, L3 Writers’ Conference, April 2009.

NicholBack, Toronto, April 2008.

Blueprints Arts and Entertainment Festival, Toronto, September 2000.

University of Waterloo, March 1998.

ArtBar Series, Toronto, February 1998.

Scream In High Park, Toronto, July 1997.

Coach House’s Big Sonnet, Toronto, June 1997.

Idler Reading Series, Toronto, July 1996.

Indiana University, Kokomo, April 1996.

Torpor Vigil Reading Series, Toronto, February 1996.

The Last Word book launch, Toronto, August 1995.

Idler Reading Series, Toronto, August 1995.

The Little Alex Theatre, Toronto, November 1993.

Indiana University, Kokomo, April 1993.

Miscellaneous

Ball, Jonathan. “Here Comes the Violence: Poetry, the Mass Media, and Damian Lopes’s Sensory Deprivation.” Open Letter 13.6 (2008): 130-43.

Low, Jeff. “Chapbook Review: yasser arafat is dead.” Broken Pencil.
brokenpencil.com/news/chapbook-review-yasser-arafat-is-dead

mclennan, rob. “damian lopes: three new poems.” Jacket2.
jacket2.org/commentary/damian-lopes-three-new-poems

––. “Profile on damian lopes, poet laureate of the city of Barrie, with a few questions.” Open Book Ontario. www.openbookontario.com/news/
profile_damian_lopes_poet_laureate_city_barrie_few_questions

——. “TtD supplement #47: seven questions for damian lopes.”
touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2016/02/ttd-supplement-47-seven-questions-for.html

Orange, Tom. “Coach House Books at the Turn of the Century.” Rain Taxi.
raintaxi.com/coach-house-books-at-the-turn-of-the-century