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Poetry

Debriefing the Rose

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

Hard Light

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

Selected Poems: 1978-1997

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

A Broken Bowl

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

Invisible to Predators

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

News & Smoke

By Sharon Thesen

Asking a poet to explain his or her work may result in inscrutable mumbling, a beery confession, or stony silence. And then there’s Sharon Thesen, whose introduction to News & Smoke is one of the ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry