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Liz Worth (born April 19, 1982), is a Canadian poet, author and performance artist. She is noted for her documentation of the Canadian punk rock movement.
Biography
editBorn in Etobicoke, Ontario, Worth started her first book in 2006 at age 24.[1] Her debut book, Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond'', was the first in-depth account[2] of punk history in Toronto. It was released when Worth was 27 years old. Worth's book was at the forefront of a renewed interest in preserving the history of Canadian punk,[3] and has been cited as a trailblazing work.[4]
Since the publication of Treat Me Like Dirt, Worth has shifted her focus from music journalism to poetry, fiction, and performance art. In 2011, her first full-length poetry collection Amphetamine Heart was published by Guernica Editions. Worth has said that this collection reflects the mental and emotional states she was in during the book's creation. "I felt like I was collapsing in on myself," she told Proxart Magazine in 2011.[5]
Worth has also stated that Amphetamine Heart continues in the punk tradition of crossing genres[6] between music and literature. Her next book, PostApoc, was published by Now or Never Publishing in 2013. In 2015, Worth released No Work Finished Here. A rewriting of Andy Warhol's a, A novel. Released by Book*hug Press.
As a performance artist, Worth performs solo and as one-half of Salt Circle, a Toronto-based duo that combines spoken word, noise, and ritual and performance elements.[7]
Fascinated with tarot from a young age, Worth has been taught tarot since 2015. She has also released two tarot books. Going Beyond The Little White Book: A Contemporary Guide To Tarot (2016) and The Power Of Tarot: To Know Tarot, Read Tarot, and Live Tarot (2019). In October 2022, she released a supernatural fiction book called The Mouth is a Coven.[8]
References
edit- ^ Wagner, Vit (16 January 2010). "The days of wine and anarchy". The Toronto Star. TorStar. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Gluck, Jeremy. "Treat Me Like Dirt - Interview with Liz Worth (author)". Mudkiss Fanzine. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Walschots, Natalie Zina. "Book Review: Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk". The National Post. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Beattie, Steven. "I love when there's no redemption: A conversation with Liz Worth". The Shakespearean Rag. Steven Beattie. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Hughes, Gianna. "Liz Worth". Proxart Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Black, Mark. "Liz Worth's punk poetry". The Coast. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Salt Circle official". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Opinion | Hamilton author Liz Worth's spooky vampire tale lands just in time for Halloween". The Hamilton Spectator. 2022-10-27. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved 2023-03-22.