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Christine McNair wins the Archibald Lampman Award for Charm (Book*hug, 2017)
In case you hadn't heard, my brilliant spouse Christine McNair won this year's Archibald Lampman Award for Best Book of Poetry in the Ottawa Region (an award administered by Arc Poetry Magazine) at...
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Michael Turner, 9x11
XMy current project is based on the later poems of Baudelaire. I have on my table a copy of Paris Spleen and a stack of books about his work, stuff that is not yet online.I am interested in his...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with David Hadbawnik
David Hadbawnik is a poet, translator, and medieval scholar. His Aeneid Books 1-6 was published by Shearsman Books in 2015. In 2012, he edited Thomas Meyer’s Beowulf (Punctum Books), and in 2011 he...
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25th Anniversary of above/ground press at OIWF: w Ridley, McElroy + Mangold
25th Anniversary of above/ground presswith Sandra Ridley, Gil McElroy and Sarah MangoldHosted by Stephen Brockwellas part of the ottawa international writers festival"The impact of above/ground press...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Sarah Venart
Sarah Venart used to write under her initials, S.E., but screw that. Sarah’s writing has been published in Numero Cinq, Concrete and River, New Quarterly, Malahat Review, Fiddlehead, This Magazine,...
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Delights, preschooler boots in puddles. Spring, her every step. Red light like a pulse, a heartbeat. No more than a thickness. Steady stream of traffic. Ocean. Rocks her bee umbrella, yellow. Secrets,...
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my (small press) writing day : new essays + ongoing submission call,
I’ve been curious for some time about The Guardian’s occasional feature “My Writing Day,”and thought it might be interesting to do a blog of the same, “for those of us who might never make it into The...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Grace Schulman
Grace Schulmanreceived the 2016 Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in American Poetry, awarded by the Poetry Society of America. Her seventh collection of poems is Without a Claim...
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poems in adjacent pineapple, from the book of smaller,
I seem to have forgotten to mention that a handful of poems from my as-yet-unpublished manuscript "the book of smaller" appeared recently in the UK online journal adjacent pineapple. Thanks much!
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Shazia Hafiz Ramji, port of being
HeatBirth from our own skinConcerns over devaluationBody that hangs and holdsMushroom halos of workDark faces glow in oilAt the back of the room hands waitTo be held in courtTo speak a warm fabric of...
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Arc Walk Ottawa #5 : Westboro : curator/guide: rob mclennan
Arc Walks Ottawa is a series of guided walks based on poetry themes and capitalizing on the rich poetry history of Canada’s capital. Residents and visitors alike are welcome to join in on the walks to...
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Beth Bachmann, CEASE
survivoroutside there are street bombs & citizens with guns & farther away war inside we are our own pile of legs two of us are married two of us are falling had two of us are men two of us are...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Laura Rock Gaughan
Laura Rock Gaughan's [photo credit: Rebekah Littlejohn] first book, a short fiction collection called Motherish, was published by Turnstone Press in September 2018. Her fiction and non-fiction have...
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above/ground press: 25th anniversary broadside series + t-shirts!
In case you missed, above/ground press produced a series of extremely lovely broadsides for the press' recent silver anniversary! Launched this past Tuesday at the ottawa international writers...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Jim Nason
Jim Nason has published six poetry collections, including, Rooster, Dog, Crow which was recently released with Frontenac House, September, 2018. He has also published a short story collection The Girl...
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Hallowe'en,
Because I know you were wondering, Aoife was Wonder Woman two days in a row at preschool, and Rose wore her Minnie Mouse dress (very regally, I might add). For actual Trick-or-Treating, Aoife was a...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Maia Caron
Maia Caron is the author of Song of Batoche, a historical novel about the Metis North-West Resistance of 1885. Song of Batoche was chosen by Raven Reads as their spring 2018 Read for Reconciliation,...
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Julie Carr, Real Life: An Installation
A SHORT PROSE PIECE ON ONE OF THIS BOOK’S CENTRAL THEMESWe are raking leaves. Or I am raking leaves and she is wandering around picking up leaves, and a man shows up. He looks hot, I meat he looks...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Dorin Schumacher
Dorin Schumacher’s 2017 and 2018 writings have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, At Large, Fjords Review, Bridge Eight, Honeysuckle Magazine, Terminus, StatORec, Pank, Quiet Lunch, Roanoke Review (in...
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Spotlight series #31 : Susanne Dyckman
The thirty-first in my monthly "spotlight" series, each featuring a different poet with a short statement and a new poem or two, is now online, featuring California poet and editor Susanne Dyckman.The...
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