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Satisfying Clicking Sound

By Jason Guriel

Poet and critic Jason Guriel solidifies his place in CanLit with substantial contributions to both fields. Guriel is no stranger to the lofty pages of Poetry Foundation, the website of the Chicago magazine Poetry, and ... Read More »

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

M x T

By Sina Queyras

The title of Sina Queyras’s new collection suggests an equation for measuring grief – “memory x time” – while parodying the reduction of human emotions to algebraic formulae. This pataphysical play continues in the form ... Read More »

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

★ as if

By E.D. Blodgett

To reimagine the lyric form, one must possess a deep knowledge of its history. E.D. Blodgett, professor emeritus of comparative literature, author of more than 20 books of poetry, criticism, and translation, and recipient of ... Read More »

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

★ The Quiet

By Anne-Marie Turza

Anne-Marie Turza’s debut collection hits like a shock of black river water. Its combination of chilling imagery and stark sentiment stings in the best possible way. The title piece is broken into three parts, divided ... Read More »

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Looking East Over My Shoulder

By Jill Jorgenson

Toronto writer Jill Jorgenson has infused her first collection of poetry with a gentle and beguiling gracefulness. The book opens with “Daybreak Suite,” a group of four poems that beautifully sets the tone for the ... Read More »

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Fire in the Unnameable Country

By Ghalib Islam

The Modernist tradition does not exert a powerful influence over Canadian literature. Although this country boasts a number of important Modernist writers – F.R. Scott, Ralph Gustafson, Dorothy Livesay, and Earle Birney among them – ... Read More »

April 14, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

It Doesn’t Suck: Showgirls

The first two entries in ECW Press’s new Pop Classics series – short, informal examinations of various pop culture phenomena – traverse a broad gap between nihilistic pseudo-porn satire and human-sized adolescent warrior turtles. At ... Read More »

April 7, 2014 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Raise Some Shell: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

By Richard Rosenbaum

The first two entries in ECW Press’s new Pop Classics series – short, informal examinations of various pop culture phenomena – traverse a broad gap between nihilistic pseudo-porn satire and human-sized adolescent warrior turtles. At ... Read More »

April 7, 2014 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age

By Astra Taylor

While the digital era has ushered in significant changes to the way we communicate, the triumphalist message emerging from Silicon Valley and other tech strongholds tends to shunt aside serious discussion about the repercussions of ... Read More »

March 24, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Night Gardener

By Jonathan Auxier

In this action-rich fantasy-adventure, Jonathan Auxier reaches into the grab bag of Victorian story conventions and pulls out a luxurious double handful. We’ve got a pair of waifs, Molly and her younger brother Kip. (Waifs ... Read More »

March 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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