CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5196
Partner Institution:
Concordia University
Source Collection Label:
Headlight Anthology Collection
Series:
Headlight 24
Sub Series:
Headlight Anthology Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Benjamin Bush Anderson in Headlight 24, 2023
Title Source:
Asset
Title Note:
As published in Headlight Anthology.
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
In Copyright Educational Use Permitted (InC-EDU)
Notes:
Copyright by Headlight Anthology and contributor. Online reproduction and archiving allowed. Republications under different publishers must be authorized by the contributor.
CREATORS
Name:
Bush Anderson, Benjamin
Role:
"Author",
"Performer"
Notes:
Benjamin Bush Anderson is a poet and novelist born in Mi’kma’ki/Nova Scotia. He currently resides in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, where he writes and pursues a living.
CONTRIBUTORS
Name:
Elbanhawy, Sherine
Role:
"Publisher",
"Producer"
Notes:
Co-managing editor of Headlight 24.
Name:
Eastwood, Miranda
Role:
"Producer",
"Recordist"
Notes:
Sound editor of Headlight 24.
Name:
Pittella, Carlos A.
Dates:
1983-
Role:
"Publisher",
"Producer"
Notes:
Co-managing editor of Headlight 24.
Name:
Andrews, Olive
Role:
"Publisher",
"Producer"
Notes:
Poetry editor of Headlight 24.
Name:
Affonso, Alexandre
Role:
"Publisher",
"Producer"
Notes:
Nonfiction editor of Headlight 24.
Name:
Ruby, Ariella
Role:
"Publisher",
"Producer"
Notes:
Fiction editor of Headlight 24.
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Recording Type:
Digital
AV Type:
Audio
Playback Mode:
Mono
Sound Quality:
Excellent
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
00:02:44
Size:
1.6 MB
Bitrate:
145-185 kbps
Encoding:
MP3
Content:
This is file 1 of 1 containing an audio-recording of the piece "THIS THAT," by Benjamin Bush Anderson, as published in Headlight Anthology, no. 24.
Notes:
MP3 also available at https://headlightanthology.ca/archive/n24/this-that/, accessed on June 15, 2023.
Title:
THIS THAT
Credit:
Benjamin Bush Anderson
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Featured:
Yes
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
00:02:44
Size:
29 MB
Bitrate:
1411 kbps
Encoding:
WAV
Content:
This is file 1 of 1 containing an audio-recording of the piece "THIS THAT," by Benjamin Bush Anderson, as published in Headlight Anthology, no. 24.
Title:
THIS THAT
Credit:
Benjamin Bush Anderson
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
2023-06-02
Type:
Publication Date
Source:
Headlight website
LOCATION
Address:
1455 Boul. de Maisonneuve O., LB 641, Montréal, QC, H3G 1M8
Venue:
Concordia University, Department of English
Latitude:
45.4969331
Longitude:
-73.5783742
Notes:
Headlight Anthology operates out of Concordia’s graduate English Literature & Creative Writing department.
CONTENT
Contents:
Weeknight
by Julie Triganne
Circling the grocery store aisles.
We move like a slow moon settling.
Under retail lighting we tell ourselves
to buy discount, or that it’s okay to indulge
in premium peanut butter, pre-cut vegetables.
Caramel pecan ice cream.
The week ordered by expiry dates.
Consider what curdles.
Nerves run blue at day’s end.
Judicial, the way you raise an eyebrow.
My intentions are good.
If I fail you, let’s call it poor planning.
In the checkout line we debate
amounts due, credit card balances.
What we owe is incalculable, without origin.
Our life, sutured with conditions.
Unprepared to rid ourselves of the things
that affix to us, demand allegiance:
our deliveries, our liabilities.
Our Bluetooth tracker‐clad suitcases.
Indulgence burrows in our jowls.
I rack up debt and blame my childhood.
Having learned one can in fact purchase contentment.
That a nice shirt will sometimes suffice.
Once, I ate from your palm. Stood next to you,
enamoured in a parking lot. Judged no one.
That’s what love is. Temperature swings, ice
breaking on the river. Thuds that imitate a whale call.
Years falter. They’re not to be trusted
Like weather, they sever expectations.
Beg me open. I will be merciful.
What bargains we have made to be here.
NOTES
Type:
Cataloguer
Note:
Carlos A. Pittella
RELATED WORKS
Citation:
Bush Anderson, Benjamin. THIS THAT. Headlight Anthology, no. 24, 2023, pp. 50–53.