Quill and Quire

Poetry

★ Sequence

By A.F. Moritz

In his 2013 Anne Szumigalski Memorial Lecture, A.F. Moritz said, “Poetry is the form of critical desire, desire always examining itself to find if the joy it comprehends is real, and if all are invited ... Read More »

March 11, 2015 | Filed under: Poetry

kissing keeps us afloat

By Laurie MacFayden

Following 2010’s White Shirt, kissing keeps us afloat (the persistent lower case is a trademark this time around) is Laurie MacFayden’s second collection of poems. After a long career as a sports writer, the Edmonton-based ... Read More »

December 19, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

Cinema of the Present

By Lisa Robertson

Ken Babstock and Lisa Robertson use experimental forms to navigate contemporary experiences of globalization and the surveillance state, writes Jason Wiens Numerous writers have undertaken the project of “cognitive mapping” since the Marxist critic Fredric ... Read More »

November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

On Malice

By Ken Babstock

Ken Babstock and Lisa Robertson use experimental forms to navigate contemporary experiences of globalization and the surveillance state, writes Jason Wiens Numerous writers have undertaken the project of “cognitive mapping” since the Marxist critic Fredric ... Read More »

November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

★ The Scarborough

By Michael Lista

Right from the devastating cover image, Michael Lista’s second collection is rife with craft and cultural implication. A VCR tape masks a grinning skull with a sickly smile that evokes Shakespeare’s Mercutio: “Ask for me ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry