Begin Speech With

by Jimmy McInnes

Begin Speech With is the opening portions of a larger work of reverse-rhetorical translation entitled A More Perfect [.

Begin Speech With is a hand-sewn, limited edition (50) release. The book is set in Minion Pro, designed by Robert Slimbach and released by Adobe Systems, Mountain View, California in 1990. The cover stock is 80 lb. Light Gray Mohawk Via Smooth, and the text stock is 70 lb. Soft White Mohawk Superfine Eggshell. The cover is manually screen printed with acrylic inks, and the text is laser printed with toner.

Begin Speech With was designed and produced by Arnaud Brassard and Pat Larkin. It was edited by Spencer Gordon and Mat Laporte.

28 pages, Paperback

First published October 11, 2013

About the author

Jimmy McInnes was born and raised on Ontario’s Bruce Peninsula. His first book of poetry, A More Perfect [, was published by Book*hug Press in the spring of 2015. His poetry has appeared in This Magazine, The Ex-Puritan, Descant, the Capilano Review, Poetry is Dead, BAX 2016: Best American Experimental Writing, and Best Canadian Poetry 2019. His work has been shortlisted for the Great Canadian Literary Hunt and the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. Jimmy holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph, and currently resides in Toronto.