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The Unpublished City, curated by Dionne Brand
She moved back all her books and belongings. In our apartment she would look at me from underneath the bed sheets, her bottom half covered, her diary in her hand. She would ask me not to look at her...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Branka Petrovic
Branka Petrovic [photo credit: Shutter-Tripper Photography] completed an M.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing at Concordia University. She holds a B.A. in English Literature and Philosophy...
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Kaveh Akbar, Calling a Wolf a Wolf
A BOY STEPS INTO THE WATERand of course he’s beautifulgoosebumps over his ribslike tiny fists under a thin sheet the sheetall mudwet and taste of walnutand of course I’m afraid of himof the way...
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Joshua Whitehead, Full-Metal Indigiqueer
LATE-NIGHT RERUNSthere are brief momentswhen the television cuts outusually during commercialsbetween segments of seinfeldthat looming breakelaines offering: a cigar store ndnits nowi see myselfin that...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Sam Shelstad
Sam Shelstad lives in Toronto, Ontario. His first book of short stories, Cop House, was released by Nightwood Editions this October. His stories have appeared in The New Quarterly, Joyland, Prism...
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basement update :
In case you missed my earlier post, we had some water in our basement just prior to Hallowe’en, immediately forced to strip our finished basement of everything—books, bookshelves, furniture, kid’s...
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Ongoing notes: Meet the Presses’ Indie Literary Market (part three,
[myself and prior bpNichol Chapbook Award co-winner Gil McElroy] Further to my previous sets of notes (and, see, I’m writing about the ottawa small press book fair as well), here are some other items I...
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Amy Lawless, Broadax
The first time my mother told me I was patient I nearly lost my mind because I thought she was telling me I was at that moment in the hospital as a patient even though I was in my bedroom. Then months...
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Spotlight series #20: Buck Downs
The twentieth in my monthly "spotlight" series, each featuring a different poet with a short statement and a new poem or two, is now online, featuring Washington DC poet Buck Downs.The first eleven in...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Sennah Yee
Sennah Yee [photo credit: Alice Liu] is from Toronto. She writes poetry, writes about films, and writes poetry about films. Her debut poetry/non-fiction collection, How Do I Look?, was published by...
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Queen Mob's Teahouse : Chris Muravez interviews Marty Cain
As my tenure as interviews editor at Queen Mob's Teahouse continues, the thirty-fifth interview is now online: Chris Muravez interviews Ithica, NY poet Marty Cain. Other interviews from my tenure...
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Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part two,
[poet and Apt. 9 Press publisher/editor Cameron Anstee, putting together further copies of Gil McElroy's latest; to the right, Michael e. Casteels at the Puddles of Sky Press table]Further to my...
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my (small press) writing day : new essays + a 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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Danez Smith, Don’t Call Us Dead
this is how we are born: come morningafter we cypher/feast/hoop, we diga new one from the ground, takehim out his treebox, shake wormsfrom his braids. sometimes they’ll singa trapgod hymn (what a first...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kerry Gilbert
Kerry Gilbert grew up in the Okanagan. She has lived on Vancouver Island, in South Korea, and in Australia. She now lives back in the valley, where she teaches at Okanagan College and raises her three...
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Erín Moure, Sitting Shiva on Minto Avenue, by Toots
He was born in Québec in the Abitibi region on September 28, 1943. Or he was born in Montréal. I have a photo of him on a second-floor balcony with his mom when he was eight months old. In Montréal, in...
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Jaimie Gusman, Anyjar
Factoid (2):shallow water blackoutcan occur in a waterbedon a rocky surfacei.e. a coral reefi.e. the moon ponds of the moonor imagine your sisterwent diving with her fatherand almost drownedhad an...
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Ongoing notes: Meet the Presses’ Indie Literary Market (part four,
[Hazel Miller and Gary Barwin announcing the winner of the 2017 bpNichol Chapbook Award]Further to my previous set of notes (and, see, I’m writing about the ottawa small press book fair as well), here...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Chelsea Dingman
Chelsea Dingman is a Canadian citizen and Visiting Instructor at the University of South Florida. Her first book, Thaw, was chosen by Allison Joseph to win the National Poetry Series (University of...
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The Peter F. Yacht Club regatta/reading/christmas party!
lovingly hosted by rob mclennan;The Peter F. Yacht Club annual regatta/christmas party/readingat The Carleton Tavern (upstairs)233 Armstrong Avenue (at Parkdale Market)Friday, December 29, 2017doors...
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