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Stuart Ross, A Hamburger in a Gallery
POLITICAL POEMThis is a political poem.Shortly I will allude to some political things.Not yet, though.First: a one-winged batis dead on my sidewalk.Then: the lake is crispy today.Also: the man in the...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Cassidy McFadzean’s
Cassidy McFadzean’s poems have appeared in magazines across Canada including The Malahat Review, Grain, Arc, Vallum, and The Fiddlehead. In 2012 she published a chapbook, Farwell with JackPine Press...
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today is my father's seventy-fourth birthday,
A Christmas somewhere in the early 1970s, 1293 Ridgemont (Ottawa).
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Barbara Henning, A Day Like Today
AT SUNRISEInstead of meditating, I mopthe floors and hallways.To prevent downloading freemusic, Dutch cable companiesobtain a court order to blockaccess to the pirate bay.In fancy gyms across the...
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Jamie Reid (April 10, 1941 - June 25, 2015)
Sad news from Vancouver: poet and activist Jamie Reid has died. As his wife wrote via his facebook page on Saturday (where this photo was borrowed):Dear FriendsOur beloved Jamie died suddenly on...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Travis Cebula and Sarah Suzor
Travis Cebula lives with his wife and trusty dogs in Colorado, where he writes, edits and teaches creative writing. He graduated from the MFA program at Naropa University in 2009—the same year he...
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Today would have been my mother's seventy-fifth birthday,
Myself, with mum and my cousin Kim at 1293 Ridgemont.
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Julie Paul
Julie Paul has published two collections of short stories, The Jealousy Bone (Emdash, 2008), and The Pull of the Moon (Brindle & Glass, 2014—listed on The Globe and Mail’s Top 100 of 2014)....
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the week we went all over Toronto;
For the sake of Christine's work, we were the entire last week in Toronto, which meant Rose and I wandering for the sake of wandering, and visiting as many people as possible, from our hotel on Jarvis,...
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"from distinctions," The Literary Review of Canada
My poem "from distinctions," originally published in the print edition of Literary Review of Canada, now posted online as part of their newly-revised website.
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Jónína Kirton
Jónína Kirton : A prairie born Métis/Icelandic poet and facilitator currently lives in the unceded territory of the Coast Salish people. She brings her experience as a graduate of the Simon Fraser...
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Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part four,
[Monty Reid talking to Amanda and Charles Earl at the combined AngelHousePress / Bywords.ca table] It might have taken a while (we were away for a bit), but here is some of the last of what I picked up...
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Natalie Lyalin, Pink & Hot Pink Habitat
OpalescentYour family is in flight. It seems that decades didn’t happen or happened all at once. The next few years are all weddings. On the end of holidays we wait for the next holiday. We remember...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Lori Jakiela
Lori Jakiela is the author of the memoirs Miss New York Has Everything (Hatchette, 2006); The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious (C&R Press 2013; WPA Press 2015); and Belief Is Its Own Kind of...
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Melissa Bull, Rue
NevaThe boat moves through bloated canals in perpetual twilight. He’s got a girl stuck like a burr to his shirt. We talk a little. His petulant intelligence reminds me of someone else. We clink...
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Touch the Donkey supplement: new interviews with Smallfield, fitzpatrick,...
Anticipating the release next week of the sixth issue of Touch the Donkey (a small poetry journal), why not check out the interviews that have appeared over the past few weeks with contributors to the...
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12 or 20 (small press) questions with Kent MacCarter on Cordite Books
Kent MacCarter (Managing Editor, Site Design, Short Reviews Editor) is a writer and editor in Castlemaine, with his wife and son. He holds a BA in Accounting from the University of Montana, a BA in...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Sandra Simonds
Sandra Simondsis the author of four books of poetry including The Sonnets (Bloof Books, 2014), Mother Was a Tragic Girl (Cleveland State University Press, 2012) and the forthcoming Steal It Back...
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Mary Hickman, This is the homeland
Rub it all over the forearms whitepush then red.Sandalwood explains the crane nested in the mountain.Her wild hips, jagged beak.Body lumps & chest-hole. What land is this? (“Territory”)I’m...
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