Just got an email from Director Robert McTavish, telling me of his documentary film on late Canadian Poet John Newlove, that it will be airing this Thursday on BRAVO TV.

check out this link.
John Newlove documentary on BRAVO

What to Make of It All?: The Life and Poetry of John Newlove

Thursday, April 19 @ 8et/5pt

This documentary examines the life and poetry of John Newlove, an acclaimed Canadian poet who struggled with depression and alcoholism. Poignant interviews with Newlove in his last years are featured, along with commentary from George Bowering, Patrick Lane, Joe Rosenblatt, John Metcalf, and many friends and poets who knew both the private man and the public persona.

I shot some additional footage for this production; a reading Newlove gave here in Vancouver, only a few years before he passed away, as well as, a tribute reading event, organized by poet Jamie Reid, in which I took part in February of 2004 at the Vancouver Public Library.

I first met Newlove, back when I too lived in Ottawa, in the mid 90's, at a benefit reading for the Ottawa Food Bank, held at the National Library of Canada. The reading organized by rob mclennan was one of the few public readings Newlove gave. I found Newlove to be a most sensitive, warm, loving, caring man, that suffered from a shyness greater than my own. A man whose words touch so many, who is a major talent, much admired by many, yet had deep self-loathing & a self-criticism I've never seen the equal to. I'll never forget him talking to me, telling me many personal private things about himself, his life, his struggles, his suffering, & his advice to me in regard to women, love, life, & booze. I'll never forget him.

John Newlove June 13, 1938 - December 23, 2003

McTavish tells me in the email that I have a prominent cameo in this film. I'll be going over to someone's house to watch this, as we don't own a television set.

Please check this documentary out, on one of the finest poets this country has ever produced.

so it goes

Warren Dean Fulton