Patricia Young, author of 12 previous books of poetry, has embarked on a peculiar mission in her latest volume: getting inside the psyches of animals with deviant (by human standards) sexual practices. Summertime Swamp Love ... Read More »
June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry
Over the past 40 years, Tom Wayman has established a reputation as the Canadian work poet. In a series of collections, he has written about labour, strikes, the seemingly intransigent relationship between workers and management, ... Read More »
June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry
To be a corporeal creature is an incredibly lonely thing. Every bit of muscle and bone represents a distance that keeps us from each other, every aspect of our physical form is a kind of ... Read More »
June 25, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry
U.K.-born, Yukon-based poet Joanna Lilley’s debut collection uses a wintry landscape as the backdrop for heated questions about love and life on Earth. More accurately, Lilley’s collection details our fraught relationships with Mother Nature – ... Read More »
June 25, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry
Old Hat is Rob Winger’s third collection of poems, following his acclaimed first book, Muybridge’s Horse (2007), and his second, a collection of ghazals entitled The Chimney Stone (2010). Winger’s new book is his first ... Read More »
April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry
As our ever-growing digital presence continues to erode the boundaries between private and public life, the distinction between recognizable public figures and those who enjoy a more anonymous existence also becomes thinner and increasingly complicated. ... Read More »
April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry
Catherine Owen’s new poetry collection is a record of grief chronicling the author’s experience of bereavement following the death of her spouse. In the vein of Carol Ann Duffy’s Raptures, Designated Mourner tenderly surrenders Owen’s ... Read More »
April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry
Poet and critic Jason Guriel solidifies his place in CanLit with substantial contributions to both fields. Guriel is no stranger to the lofty pages of Poetry Foundation, the website of the Chicago magazine Poetry, and ... Read More »
April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry
Poet and critic Jason Guriel solidifies his place in CanLit with substantial contributions to both fields. Guriel is no stranger to the lofty pages of Poetry Foundation, the website of the Chicago magazine Poetry, and ... Read More »
April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry