Another Order: The Selected Works gathers a dynamic and aesthetically diverse selection of Judith Copithorne’s writings, drawings, and hybrid publications from over fifty years of her practice. Another Order includes such key texts as the early visual poetry chapbooks Meandering and Rain, stanzaic collections such as A Light Character, prose such as the sequenced short fiction Heart’s Tide, and essays that contextualize her imaginative oeuvre, which engages with subjects including gender, sexuality, desire, subjectivity, spirituality, and revolution. These collected works show Copithorne’s penchant for exploration as she moves across genres, including poetry, fiction, visual art, comics, and life writing, and does so through tireless experiments with media – typewriters, pens, pencils, brushes, computer software, and more. The most substantial collection of Copithorne’s art and writing to date, Another Order captures what Lorna Brown describes as her “embodied approach to text.” Regardless of the medium or compositional approach, Copithorne’s work carries her inimitable touch and bears her distinctive vision that has played its own part in shaping the course of alternative literary production in Canada. A central artist, writer, community worker, and outspoken feminist in Vancouver’s literary scene since the 1960s, Copithorne and her work remain a wellspring of inspiration for writers and artists today. Edited and introduced by Eric Schmaltz, this volume is a testament to Copithorne’s lifelong vision and provides evidence that she is among the leading avant-garde poets and artists of our time.
