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Poetry

Mining for Sun

By John Reibetanz

Some volumes of poetry offer bold innovation, while others do the work of careful consolidation. Toronto poet John Reibetanz’s fourth collection of poems, Mining for Sun, is a sterling example of the second kind of ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Wireless Room

By Shane Rhodes

It’s clear from reading Tim Bowling’s third collection, The Thin Smoke of the Heart, that he is a poet of rare talent. His wording is musical. His rhythms are subtle but unfaltering. He turns a ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Border Surrounds Us

By Karen Connelly

In The Border Surrounds Us, her fourth book of poetry, Karen Connelly has found a subject that coheres perfectly with the thrust of her poetic imagination. Her new work testifies more clearly than ever to ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

His Life: A Poem

By George Bowering

On the surface it seems so simple: His Life, the new book by two-time Governor General’s Award-winner George Bowering, is a poetic memoir, a book-length poem drawn from over 30 years of journal entries. Almost ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Animal Life in Bucharest

By John Degen

John Degen meanders through the streets of Bucharest to produce a book of tight images in his first collection of poetry, Animal Life in Bucharest. Degen, a playwright, theatre critic, and freelance arts journalist, creates ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Burn

By Paul Vermeersch

Toronto poet Paul Vermeersch is a raconteur, a guy who writes poems about childhood terrors and screw-ups in love, about girls with metal in their tongues and boys with shotguns in their mouths. A guy ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry