“I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of blood in human veins,” writes Langston Hughes in his 1921 poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” “My soul has grown deep like ... Read More »
If there's one thread that ties together Here the Dark, David Bergen’s second collection of short fiction, it’s faith: the ways it unites and isolates us, how it complicates and makes sense of our lives. ... Read More »
April 16, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews
If there's one thread that ties together Here the Dark, David Bergen’s second collection of short fiction, it’s faith: the ways it unites and isolates us, how it complicates and makes sense of our lives. ... Read More »
April 16, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews
The harrowing and powerful debut novel from Vancouver writer Mallory Tater begins in September, or, as it is known in the world of the book, Arrival. Sable Ursu has just turned 18. “Everyone on our ... Read More »
April 13, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
There is never a shortage of novels centred on the Second World War. Recent titles have tended to favour stories of brave women (real or imagined) taking to the skies as pilots or toiling as ... Read More »
April 13, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Nancy Lee's debut poetry collection covers familiar territory for the B.C. writer. Her book of stories, 2002’s Dead Girls, won accolades for its unflinching depictions of eroticism, violence against women, and the nature of innocence; ... Read More »
It takes a confident poet to include a mention of the climactic scene in Return of the Jedi in the context of an otherwise straightforward lyric poem. It takes a highly confident poet to metaphorize ... Read More »
Kyla Jamieson’s debut poetry collection traces the ways trauma manifests within and outside the body. In so doing, the book acts as a mirror onto a world some are unwilling to acknowledge. In “5 Parts ... Read More »
Adele Wiseman’s classic 1974 novel, Crackpot, provides inspiration for this narrative poem by Wiseman scholar and Ryerson University English professor Ruth Panofsky. Here, Panofsky attempts a poetic rendering of the life of Crackpot’s saucy protagonist, ... Read More »
Cordelia’s Strube’s 11th novel hurtles out of the gate and never lets up. Anyone who has ever worked in a restaurant, especially a chain, will instantly recognize the barely managed chaos of the kitchen that ... Read More »
April 6, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
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