Wednesday, February 24, 2016

This Canadian Poet's Tumblr Is Filled With Hilarious Fake CanLit Book Covers

“The Night Isn’t Going To Call Itself ‘Luminescent’ On Its Own, Is It?”

David McGimpsey is the author of seven books of poetry, one collection of short stories, and teaches literature at Concordia University in Montreal. He also likes to photoshop strange and hilarious book covers and post them to his Tumblr.

David McGimpsey is the author of seven books of poetry, one collection of short stories, and teaches literature at Concordia University in Montreal. He also likes to photoshop strange and hilarious book covers and post them to his Tumblr.

He started in late 2013, and now his Tumblr is filled with imagined covers.

David McGimpsey / Via Facebook: maisonneuvemagazine

Canadian poetry anthologies are a common theme. This one is obscenely boastful, like all Canadian poetry.

Canadian poetry anthologies are a common theme. This one is obscenely boastful, like all Canadian poetry.

McGimpsey told BuzzFeed Canada he "started making book covers which kind of pick up on a satire about poetry and literature (esp. Canadian Literature) that has been in my writing."

David McGimpsey / Via mcgimpsey.tumblr.com


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9 Photos That Prove Canada’s Parliament Is Basically Hogwarts

“Yer a wizard, Justin!”

There's just something about Parliament's architecture that will remind you of a magical castle.

There's just something about Parliament's architecture that will remind you of a magical castle.

BuzzFeed Canada // Emma Loop / Warner Bros. Pictures

For one, the walls are decorated in lavish portraits, just like Hogwarts.

For one, the walls are decorated in lavish portraits, just like Hogwarts.

BuzzFeed Canada // Emma Loop / Warner Bros. Pictures

And the curved road near East Block looks just like the snow-covered trail that led Harry, Hermione and Ron to Hogsmeade.

And the curved road near East Block looks just like the snow-covered trail that led Harry, Hermione and Ron to Hogsmeade.

BuzzFeed Canada // Emma Loop / Warner Bros. Pictures

The lawn of Parliament is a perfect place for Quidditch.

The lawn of Parliament is a perfect place for Quidditch.

BuzzFeed Canada // Thinkstock / Warner Bros. Pictures


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