Poetry

Redemption Ground: Essays and Adventures

Jamaica’s former poet laureate and Queen’s Gold Medal recipient Lorna Goodison is a deeply established writer who has published 15 poetry collections, a number of short story collections, and a memoir. Redemption Ground, a collection ... Read More »

June 7, 2023 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Memoir & Biography, Poetry, Reviews

Old Gods

By Conor Kerr

Delving into his Métis heritage, Conor Kerr explores the collision of the natural and human-made worlds in his second book of poetry, Old Gods. The overall tone of the collection is anger, softened slightly by ... Read More »

April 26, 2023 | Filed under: Indigenous Peoples, Poetry, Reviews

If It Gets Quiet Later On, I Will Make a Display

By Nick Thran

If It Gets Quiet Later On, I Will Make a Display, the wonderfully odd new collection from Fredericton writer, editor, and poet Nick Thran, is ostensibly rooted in the world of bookstores and booksellers, but ... Read More »

April 26, 2023 | Filed under: Anthologies, Criticism & Essays, Fiction: Short, Memoir & Biography, Poetry, Reviews

A knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen

By Erin Noteboom

Erin Noteboom’s A knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen is a slow burn of simmering wisdom. First perceptions and origins are central themes, as is “unlocking a surge of awe” through first discoveries. ... Read More »

April 19, 2023 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

a beautiful rebellion

By Rita Bouvier

Rita Bouvier’s fourth collection of poetry begins so softly, so earnestly, it made me want to be a cynic, to rebel against a beautiful rebellion. But the speaker persisted, hounding me with so much “goodness” ... Read More »

April 19, 2023 | Filed under: Indigenous Peoples, Poetry, Reviews

★ movingparts

By Edward Carson

In two new collections published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, ancient myths, fables, and texts are transformed, revised, and dreamed of. Edward Carson’s movingparts is focused on the literary points of departure. Prompted by images from ... Read More »

April 12, 2023 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

New Songs for Orpheus

By John Reibetanz

April 12, 2023 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Xanax Cowboy

By Hannah Green

In this cinematic debut poetry collection, Hannah Green features the Xanax Cowboy (XC) as the main character of a metadrama of anxiety and its effects. In Green’s impressive character study of existential complexity and ... Read More »

April 5, 2023 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

there’s more

By Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

In two new poetry collections, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike’s there’s more and Laila Malik’s archipelago, home is a moving, shifting entity. Umezurike’s first poem opens with the line, “Home is what the tortoise bears on its ... Read More »

March 29, 2023 | Filed under: Poetry