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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Lise Gaston
Lise Gaston’s first collection of poetry, Cityscapes in Mating Season, was published by Signature Editions in 2017. Her poetry, essays, and reviews have appeared in publications including Arc Poetry...
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Katy Lederer, The bright red horse—and the blue—
Overthrow the EventHe creates the event—I am one of those—The impression by me—Usurping the feelings of others—Creating the event—Sick toward whom—Creates the event—Anguish to him—Some areOverthrown by...
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12 or 20 (small press) questions with Sebastian Frye on Swimmers Group
Swimmers Groupis a counter current. While the speed of information flows faster everyday there are many artists, writers, and poets that are challenging the rush of data and adopting the book as a...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Sarah Caulfield
Sarah Caulfield is a recent graduate of Downing College, University of Cambridge. She has been published previously by Lethe Press, Autonomous Press, The Mays Anthologies 22 & 24, Headmistress...
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Jen Hyde, HUA SHI HUA [Drawings and Poems from China]
ANFU LUGrey sky in particle matterpress starlight back into starsbut color in trinkets, bluein the tarp we walk beneathand listen to, breathingbetween double-wide lanes.The public bus brought me here.A...
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What makes a life worth living. Too young to run the country. We pride ourselves on being civilized. The red right hand. Cosplay: Hellboy, Buddy Jesus. More or less is not the same. How much, he asked,...
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Rachel Moritz, Sweet Velocity
Near FutureOn the lilac, buds sharpen:a quotidian green spring.The sky is traceless,nothing newBut these windowswith our names,and patience shining like the glasscleaned by hand,vinegar and...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Rachel Thompson
Rachel Thompson’sbook of poetry, Galaxy (Anvil Press, 2011), won SFU First Book Competition when contest judge Gregory Scofield said her poems had “Wonderful and clear imagery as well as a ‘real’ and...
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(another) weekend in old glengarry,
We didn't make it to the Highland Games this year [see last year's post here], but still headed over to the homestead for the sake of my sister's annual bbq, held at her old log house on the hill....
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Spotlight series #16: Edward Smallfield
The sixteenth in my monthly "spotlight" series, each featuring a different poet with a short statement and a new poem or two, is now online, featuringAmerican expatriate poet, editor and publisher...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Alina Stefanescu
Alina Stefanescu was born in Romania and lives in Alabama with her partner and four small mammals. A Pushcart nominee, she is the author of Objects In Vases (Anchor & Plume, March 2016), Letters to...
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Allison LaSorda, STRAY
Shark YearWhen I died the first time,I got a sinking feeling.It’s easier to think I can’tthan I don’t want to.With an imposed trajectory,a valiant obstacle in my course,I’m off the hook.Leisure is to...
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12 or 20 (small press) questions with Emily Brandt on No, Dear
No, Dear Mission Statement:No, Dear aims to bring together the voices of New York City poets who might not otherwise be in dialogue: both emerging and established poets from diverse backgrounds who are...
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Rachel B. Glaser, HAIRDO
DEODORANTS GROW BORED OF THEIR SMELLthey breathe it in and can’t think of anything elsean Unscented one takes on a metallic scentthey overwhelm themselves and want to run outbut last forever and slowly...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Catherine Cooper
Catherine Cooper is a Nova Scotian author with a master’s degree in English literature and creative writing from Concordia University. Her first book, The Western Home: Stories for Home on the Range,...
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Julie Carr, Objects from a Borrowed Confession
Therefore the question “Does God exist” is the wrong question.The answer for religious and non-religious people is the same: no. God does not “exist,” is an object constructed not according to truth...
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the above/ground press 24th anniversary reading/launch/party!
above/ground press presents readings and other such by an array of poets:Stephanie Bolster (Montreal)Adele Graf (Ottawa)Kristina Drake (East Hawkesbury)Amanda Earl (Ottawa)+ rob mclennan...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Allison LaSorda
Allison LaSorda’s writing has appeared in Brick: A Literary Journal, Hazlitt, PRISM international, and The Fiddlehead, among others. Her first book, Stray, was published by icehouse poetry / Goose Lane...
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Shane McCrae, In the Language of my Captor
My grandfather—although I didn’t know whether he would have described himself in this way—was a white supremacist. He wouldn’t have been ashamed to admit that he believed white people were superior to...
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Queen Mob's Teahouse : Jeremy Luke Hill interviews Kasia Jaronczyk
As my tenure as interviews editor at Queen Mob's Teahouse continues, the thirty-first interview is now online: Jeremy Luke Hill interviews Canadian writer Kasia Jaronczyk.Other interviews from my...
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