The Poetry Marathon, by M. Avery 
(Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada:  A Very Small Press), 
50 pages, $20.00

The Poetry Marathon is a handbook for writers who want to get in touch 
with their inner poets and write poetry.  It features poetry sweatshops, 
poetry slams, poetry workshops, and poetry competitions, as well as one 
hundred poetry generators and sample poems by the author.  The Poetry 
Marathon has been field-tested for a decade in high schools in Ontario.
     The goal is to write one hundred poems in ten days. It's easier than 
it may sound!  Imagine:  ten days to a more poetic you!
    Canadian author Martin Avery, BA, BEd, MFA In Writing, has had four 
books published by Oberon Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He has taught 
creative writing at York University and Georgian College and as a guest 
instructor at high schools across Ontario. He now teaches Creative 
Writing at The OSCVI in Owen Sound, Ont., Canada. 
    Contact the author for poetry readings and workshops.

Martin Avery
1492 Second Avenue West
Unit #405
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
N4K 6V3


What the critics have said about earlier Avery books:

"Some of the best prose in print today" 
-- Judith Fitzgerald, Windsor Star

"Remember his name" -- Allan Twigg, Vancouver Province

"A genuine modernist ... funny .., fun ...."  
-- Marion Engel, Toronto Star

"A promising writer" 
-- William French, The Globe & Mail