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Muttertongue: what is a word in utter space - by Lillian Allen (Toronto's seventh Poet Laureate, a dub poet, writer, and Juno Award winner), Gary Barwin (poet, writer, composer, multimedia artist, performer, and educator), and Gregory Betts (whose writing explores the boundaries between self, other, and alien - the radical other) - is a collaborative collection that crackles in its exploration of land, language, and page space. Combining the intensity of Dub Poetry with the intricacies of experimental poetics,
Muttertongue presents a sonorous soundscape echoing with the question of where (and why) is here (hear). The book opens with a dialogue between the three authors, and concludes with an Afterword by Kaie Kellough. The release of the book recedes a new music LP by the three authors (June of 2025). This is a project by the Muttertongue Trio: Allen - Barwin - Betts.
About the author
Lillian Allen is a dub poet, writer, Juno Award winner; the City of Toronto's seventh poet laureate; a creative writing professor at OCAD University. She publishes widely in print and audio, and lectures/performs internationally. Gary Barwin is a writer, multimedia artist, performer, musician, and author of 32 books. His music, art, and writing have been performed, exhibited, published and broadcast internationally. Gregory Betts is a poet and professor at Brock University. His work explores concrete, constrained, or collaborative poetics. He is the author of 11 books of poetry.
