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Poetry

By Sharon McCartney

Childhood, in West Coast resident Sharon McCartney’s debut collection of poetry, is the memory of illness and death. Little prepares the reader for the narrator’s vitriolic images. Everything is underscored by the menace of cancer ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

By Mary di Michele

In her new collection, Montreal poet Mary di Michele explores how we can often feel a stronger connection to writers or artists of the past than to people in the present. Di Michele effortlessly travels ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

By Michael Crummey

Michael Crummey’s Hard Light is a brave and ambitious follow up to Crummey’s first book, the award-winning Arguments with Gravity. Rather than attempting to repeat what made Arguments with Gravity an impressive, eclectic collection of ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

By Patrick Lane

In this 20-year retrospective of Patrick Lane’s work, readers are given a selection that tends toward sentimental morbidity at its most poetic. While he is celebrated for his pioneering work in West Coast poetry circles ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

By Patrick Friesen

As the end of the millennium approaches, where will serious Canadian writers position themselves in the coming mass-media onslaught of predictions and summations? With his new book, Manitoba’s Patrick Friesen places himself firmly in the apocalyptic ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

By R.M. Vaughan

A candid celebration of homosexual love is the predominant theme of Toronto-based poet R.M. Vaughan’s latest collection.Vaughan delves into all aspects of romantic and physical love, from awkward courtship rituals to carnal pleasures. There is ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry