Unfinished Monument Press
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Unfinished Monument Press was founded in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 in 1978 by Chris Faiers
Chris Faiers
Chris Faiers is a librarian, poet and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press.-Biography:Born in Hamilton, Ontario, his family emigrated to the southern United States when he was six. Although a Canadian citizen by birth, he was eligible for the draft for the Vietnam War as a resident alien...

. It is presently operating out of Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

, Ontario under the editorship of James Deahl
James Deahl
James Deahl is a Canadian poet and publisher.Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Deahl grew up in the city and in and around the Laurel Highlands region of the Appalachian Mountains. He moved to Canada in 1970 and holds dual American/Canadian citizenship...

.

Books it has published include:
  • Dominion Day in Jail, Chris Faiers
    Chris Faiers
    Chris Faiers is a librarian, poet and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press.-Biography:Born in Hamilton, Ontario, his family emigrated to the southern United States when he was six. Although a Canadian citizen by birth, he was eligible for the draft for the Vietnam War as a resident alien...

     (1978)
  • College Streetcar Runs All Night, Chris Faiers (1979)
  • White Rasta, Chris Faiers (1980)
  • The Visible Man, Robert Priest
    Robert Priest
    Robert Priest is a British born Canadian poet and children's author. He has written numerous books of poetry, several children's novels, and has often appeared on CBC radio's hit spoken word show "Wordbeat" under the alias "Dr Poetry". He is well known for his aphorisms and performance poetry...

     (1980)
  • Real Poetry, James Deahl
    James Deahl
    James Deahl is a Canadian poet and publisher.Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Deahl grew up in the city and in and around the Laurel Highlands region of the Appalachian Mountains. He moved to Canada in 1970 and holds dual American/Canadian citizenship...

     1981
  • Sleeping in Ruins, Chris Faiers (1981)
  • Surplus Waste and Other Poems, Shaunt Basmajian
    Shaunt Basmajian
    Shaunt Basmajian was a Canadian poet and author.Born in Beirut, Lebanon to Armenian parents, Basmajian emigrated to Canada when he was seven years old. He was a founder of the Canadian Poetry Association, co-founder of Old Nun Publications , and was a member of the Parliament Street Library poetry...

     (1982)
  • White Rasta in Wintertime, Chris Faiers (1982)
  • The Dead Leave Holes, Ben Phillips
    Ben Phillips
    Ben Phillips is a poet, teacher and publisher.-Biography:Born in the United States, where he worked as a journalist, he settled in Toronto, Ontario in 1968...

      (1983)
  • Jack and Jill in Toronto, Jones (1983)
  • Five Minutes Ago They Dropped the Bomb, Chris Faiers (1984)
  • Poets Who Don't Dance, Shaunt Basmajian
    Shaunt Basmajian
    Shaunt Basmajian was a Canadian poet and author.Born in Beirut, Lebanon to Armenian parents, Basmajian emigrated to Canada when he was seven years old. He was a founder of the Canadian Poetry Association, co-founder of Old Nun Publications , and was a member of the Parliament Street Library poetry...

     (1985)
  • Into This Dark Earth, James Deahl (1985)
  • Auschwitz, Wayne Ray (1985)
  • Qaani Lore, jwcurry  (1985)
  • This is Hilarious, Marshall Hryciuk (1985)
  • A Stand Of Jackpine, James Deahl (1987)
  • Last Minute Instructions, Mark McCawley (1989)
  • Blackbirds, James Deahl (1999)
  • When Rivers Speak Unfinished Monument Press, 2001
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