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fwd: A NEW LIFE FOR THE AL PURDY A-FRAME
Work now turns to RAISING FUNDS TO UPGRADE AND INSTALL a writer-in-residenceAMELIASBURGH, Ont. The A-frame home built here in 1957 by the late Al Purdy, one of Canada's greatest poets, and his wife,...
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Oana Avasilichioaei’s We, Beasts
My short review of Oana Avasilichioaei’s We, Beasts (Wolsak and Wynn, 2012) is now online at Arc Poetry Magazine.
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Ongoing notes: the Ottawa small press book fair (part one: Ferno House),
Another Ottawa small press book fair has come and gone, an event now eighteen years old (something I still find completely amazing). Here are some of the items I picked up during this year’s event....
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Poetics.ca 1-8 (2002-2007), the poetics journal edited by Stephen Brockwell...
Edited by rob mclennan and Stephen Brockwell, Poetics.ca disappeared from the internet for a short time, but now has a permanent home off the ottawater site. A precursor to seventeen seconds: a journal...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Christine Pountney
CHRISTINE POUNTNEY grew up in Vancouver and Montreal, and lived in London for five years before moving back to Canada. She has published three novels, Sweet Jesus, Last Chance Texaco (longlisted for...
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David McGimpsey, L'il Bastard
My short review of Montreal writer David McGimpsey's GG-nominated poetry collection L'il Bastard(Coach House Books, 2011) is now online at Arc Poetry Magazine.
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Profile of Mark Frutkin, with a few questions, now up on open book: ontario
My profile of Ottawa writer Mark Frutkin, with a few questions, is now up at Open Book: Ontario.
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above/ground press: 20th anniversary subscriptions now available!
Twenty years is a long time to do anything, and in 2013, above/ground press will officially be twenty years old, which means the 2013 annual subscriptions are now available as well: $50 (in the United...
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The Capilano Review 3.18
A neighbourhoodOn the vergeurban frontiersnamed and renamednew pioneerson the skidstaste culturesand neighbourhood shock therapyright to the heartheart of the city.Rattling “Sunday morningearly...
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Marie-Helene Bertino, Safe as Houses
Into the courtyard sweeps another nun, followed by a line of children. They walk with their index fingers poised over their lips. Each child wears rain gear designed to look like an animal...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Sandy Pool
Sandy Pool is a writer,editor and Creative Writing instructor based in Toronto. Sandy holds a degree in Theatre Performance and English from the University of Toronto, as well as a Masters of Fine...
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"The Matrix Resolutions," a new short story in The Puritan,
The Puritan was good enough to publish a short story of mine, "The Matrix Resolutions," in their new issue. This is the first published story in a manuscript I've been working on since Christmas week...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Basma Kavanagh
Basma Kavanagh is a Nova Scotia visual artist and poet. She has lived and worked on Canada's east and west coasts and has recently landed in the middle. Her chapbook A Rattle of Leaveswas published by...
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Ongoing notes: early December, 2012
I might not have been able to attend the recent Meet the Presses fair in Toronto, but Gary Barwin was good enough to pass along a couple of items, which I appreciate immensely. Why is it so difficult...
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Fred Wah's "from Pictograms from the Interior of B.C." (1977) now online as...
Current Parliamentary Poet Laureate, British Columbia poetand editor Fred Wah has just posted "from Pictograms on the Interior of B.C." (1977), online free as a pdf, here. See an interview with him...
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I’ll Drown My Book: Conceptual Writing by Women, eds. Caroline Bergvall,...
Why the term “conceptual” now? Why not come up with a new term, one which is actually new? And yet the term “conceptual,” because of its long association with visual arts, merits a wider gaze than it...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Andrew Grace
Andrew Grace’s3rd book of poems, Sancta, was recently published by Ahsahta Press. His poems have appeared in Boston Review, Denver Quarterly and Ninth Letter and are forthcoming in Nimrod, Beloit...
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fwd: Canadian Women In the Literary Arts Announces Inaugural Critic, Montreal...
Montreal poet Sue Sinclair has been named the Canadian Women in the Literary Arts’ first Resident Critic, a post she will hold for the next year. The Critic-in-Residence, a paid position, has been...
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Imaginary Fred ;
My poem, "Imaginary Fred," is now online at Peter Ganick's experiential-experimental-literature.
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12 or 20 (second series) with Karen Mac Cormack
rob mclennan 1- How did your first book change your life? How does your most recent work compare to your previous? How does it feel different?Karen Mac CormackOne’s first published book gives the...
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