on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, clinging to a branch of the Fraser River,
dreaming how long it takes the Fraser to flow in the earth and commingle
with the Atlantic Ocean where I also know the perils and wonders of
clinging to edges

E-mail: carl.leggo@ubc.ca

In all my teaching, writing, researching, and questioning, I am seeking to live poetically in the world.

Some recent publications include:

• "The Redundancy of Creative Writing: All Writing Is Creative." English Quarterly. 31.1, 2, 1999, pp. 44-60.
• View from My Mother's House. St. John's: Killick Press, 1999.
• "Writing Lives Is More Than Writing Lines: Postmodern Perspectives on Life Writing." Language and Literacy. 2.2, 2000. (http://educ.queensu.ca/landl)
• "In Defence of Television: (Re)Viewing the Curriculum of Literacy." Advocating Change: Contemporary Issues in Subject English. Ed. Barrie R. C. Barrell and Roberta F. Hammett. Toronto: Irwin, 2000. 162-176.
• "Research as Poetic Rumination: Twenty-Six Ways of Listening to Light." The Art of Writing Inquiry. Ed. Lorri Neilsen, Ardra L. Cole, and J. Gary Knowles. Halifax: Backalong Books, 2001. 173-195.