BOOK REVIEWS

Radiant Shards: Hoda’s North End Poems

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 »

April 6, 2020 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ Misconduct of the Heart

By Cordelia Strube

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

The Haunted Hand

By Louise Dupré; Donald Winkler (trans.)

Of all the contributions to literary criticism made by the French structuralist and linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, arguably the most enduring is his distinction between langue and parole. In Saussure’s conception, the latter refers to ... Read More »

April 2, 2020 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

Spawn

By Marie-Andrée Gill; Kristen Renee Miller (trans.)

April 2, 2020 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

Alien Nate

By Dave Whamond

An alien crash-lands on Earth. The creature – who is childlike, goofy, and more than a little weird looking – quickly befriends a human boy, who helps the visitor evade some government-agent types looking to ... Read More »

April 2, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ As Far As You Know

By A.F. Moritz

Toronto poet laureate A.F. Moritz’s latest collection, As Far As You Know, is a symposium on mortality and meaning, and yet another opportunity to showcase the poet as master craftsman. Moritz’s poetry acts as transcendence ... Read More »

March 30, 2020 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

In the Vicinity of Riches

By Chris Hutchinson

March 30, 2020 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ Field Notes for the Self

By Randy Lundy

March 30, 2020 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ Tanna’s Owl

By Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; Yong Ling Kang (ill.)

Legendary Cree singer, activist, and animal lover Buffy Sainte-Marie launches not only her first children’s book but also a new song with Hey Little Rockabye. Throughout her career, the Oscar-winning composer has powerfully told the ... Read More »

March 26, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books