Carl Leggo
Dept. of Language and Literacy Education and the Centre for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction,
University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC,

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.