April was Poetry Month, and I did get in some poetry, but also quiet a few graphic novels. 42. The Metaphysician in the Dark, by Charles Simic (University of Michigan Press, 2003) 43. Far to Go, by Alison Pick (House of Anansi, 2010) 44. In Reliquary, by Daryl Hine (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2013) 45. Are You My […]
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Lots of poetry, some lit crit, and a burnt lasange. 30. Rush, by bill bissett (BookThug, 2012) Reviewed for Broken Pencil. 31. Heroines, by Kate Zambreno (Semiotext(e), 2012) When I saw it in Book City, I couldn’t resist picking it up. Zambreno looks at the “mad” literary wives of famous authors as they’re popularly portrayed, with the
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April is Poetry Month, rejoice! Read poetry! Read about poets! Go to poetry readings! Write poetry! It’s all good stuff. Maybe get some Canadiana in there? Though Canadians no longer seem to know who they read. Which is troubling. There’s always the Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist, which recently announced, both Canadian and international. Congrats to all! Test
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Oh, man. Where did the month go? Never mind that, where did the year go? All the years?! Two years ago this month I quit my job. Some things have changed in that time – I’m getting more poetry acceptance letters, I’m slowly starting to creep out of my writing cave and meet other people who write
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I tweet this stuff all the time, but for those of you not on Twitter (Seriously? How can you not be on Twitter?) I’ve compiled this little Friday treat to get your weekend reading started. Who knows? Maybe it’ll even become a semi-regular feature. I know, there are already a few great blogs doing this already, and
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