Wild Language by Robert Bringhurst is the first title in the Ralph Gustafson Distinguished Poets Lecture Series. The series publishes the lecture presented annually by the Gustafson Chair of Poetry at Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
Robert Bringhurst is a Canadian poet, typographer and author. He is the author of The Elements of Typographic Style – a reference book of typefaces, glyphs and the visual and geometric arrangement of type. He has also translated works of epic poetry from Haida mythology into English.
He lives on Quadra Island, near Campbell River, British Columbia (approximately 170 km northwest of Vancouver).