Stephen Bett

The Author

Stephen Bett is a Canadian poet published internationally and the author of 26 books from presses including BlazeVOX, Chax, and Spuyten Duyvil. His recent titles include Broken Glosa (Chax, 2023) and SongBu®st (BlazeVOX, 2024). His papers are housed in Simon Fraser University’s Contemporary Literature Collection.

Sándor Márai, Portraits of a Marriage

by Stephen Bett October 2025

Nothing much, really… no witness (angel or otherwise) No spanking the maid under cover of clover, Mr. Coover It’ll all be just na’kid teamwork ... Read more.

Javier Marías, Poison, Shadow and Farewell (Vol 3 of Your Face Tomorrow)

by Stephen Bett October 2025

YES, what was left of the fat chance corporeal slug was rolled flat Rolled out on kenophobic parade Spooks’ ghost dance, collegial mischance Bomb da bards, we... Read more.

Ismail Kadare, The Accident

by Stephen Bett October 2025

There it is again (there it is again) ≈ saucy seventeener ≈ Taxiing down an empty runway triggers en masse (as we said)... Read more.