Bringhurst wrote one of my bibles, Elements of Typographic Style (anyone who works with type needs to own and study this book diligently), but the man is an awe inspiring multi disciplinary wizard. Besides being a published poet with numerous works to his name, he is a noted and gifted book designer, studied architecture, linguistics, and physics at MIT, and comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Utah, has a BA from Indiana University and an MFA in creative writing from UBC. His list of accolades is lengthy. In addition to all that, he taught himself to read, write and speak Haida. He claims (and I don’t think it’s hyperbole) that the Haida myths rank among the great literature of the world.
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