Poetry

★ Teeth

Dallas Hunt’s Teeth is a stirring follow-up to Creeland, his first book of poetry. In “Cree Dictionary,” from his debut collection, Hunt begins with a witty redefinition of terms: “the translation for joy / in ... Read More »

April 10, 2024 | Filed under: Indigenous Peoples, Poetry, Reviews

★ The Seventh Town of Ghosts

By Faith Arkorful

Faith Arkorful’s debut book, The Seventh Town of Ghosts, is a collection of lyric poems suffused with a heart-centred intelligence. These poems move through grief, memory, and joy with the insight of “a black girl ... Read More »

April 3, 2024 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ The Lantern and the Night Moths: Five Modern and Contemporary Chinese Poets Selected and Translated by Yilin Wang

By Yilin Wang

The Lantern and the Night Moths is an exceptional book of translations and literary criticism by poet-translator Yilin Wang. Wang’s original translations of five Chinese poets and her accompanying essays (one per poet) make for ... Read More »

March 27, 2024 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ A Year of Last Things

By Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje’s latest collection is impossibly good. It is the work of a mature poet at the zenith of his talent. T. S. Eliot wrote, “The mature poet, in the operations of his mind, works ... Read More »

March 13, 2024 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

Journal

By Marie Uguay; Jennifer Moxley (trans.)

Canadian literature is a multilingual territory, and I will admit that my first introduction to the work and life of French-Canadian poet Marie Uguay comes with the recent publication of her journals in translation. As ... Read More »

February 7, 2024 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Poetry, Reviews

Redemption Ground: Essays and Adventures

By Lorna Goodison

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

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