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Blue Marrow

By Louise Bernice Halfe

In her second collection of poetry, Saskatchewan’s Louise Bernice Halfe continues an exploration of many of the concerns she addressed in her previous book, Bear Bones & Feathers (1994). Blue Marrow is both a celebration ... Read More »

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

White Stone

By Stephanie Bolster

It’s not unusual for a writer – or indeed a reader – to be obsessed with the life of Alice in Alice in Wonderland (and Through the Looking Glass, of course). My first thought when ... Read More »

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Address Book

By Steven Heighton

The poems in Steven Heighton’s fourth collection cover subjects from mixed tapes to dreamy landscapes, but all are painted with introspection, and all worthy of slow digestion. The Address Book is a portrait of an ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Exiles Among You

By Kristjana Gunnars

The 72 short pieces that make up B.C. poet Kristjana Gunnars’ Exiles Among You form an extended meditation or book of days, an étude on the nature of grief: “how every day we/say goodbye to ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Water Memory

By Roo Borson

Water Memory, Roo Borson’s brilliant, moody, ninth collection of poetry, offers the reader a very broad tonal variety, from the playful, often joyous poems of “Cloud Music” (the book’s first section) to the desolate, grief-stricken ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Slant

By Andy Quan

The title of this debut poetry collection is an evocative pun on author Andy Quan’s varied perspectives – that of an Asian-Canadian whose eyes are “slanted”; of a gay man whose sensual interest is “bent” ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry