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STATUS UPDATE - Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang (Oolichan Books) - 2014 Pat Lowther...
For the month of April (and the first couple of days of May), this blog will be looking at the nominees for the 2014 Pat Lowther Memorial Award, Raymond Souster Award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial...
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LEAVING HOWE ISLAND - Sadiqa de Meijer (Oolichan Books) - 2014 Pat Lowther...
For the month of April (and the first couple of days of May), this blog will be looking at the nominees for the 2014 Pat Lowther Memorial Award, Raymond Souster Award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial...
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THEME OF FAREWELL AND AFTER - POEMS - Milo De Angelis (The University of...
Today's book of poetry:THEME OF FAREWELL AND AFTER - POEMSMilo De Angelis. Edited and translated by Susan Stewart & Patrizio Ceccagnoli. The University of Chicago Press. Chicago & London....
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Speaking for my Self - Twelve women poets in their seventies and eighties -...
Today's book of poetry:SPEAKING FOR MY SELF. Twelve women poets in their seventies and eighties. Edited by Sondra Zeidenstein. Chicory Blue Press. Goshen, Conneticut. 2014.Speaking for my Self is...
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Trace - Simone Muench (Black Lawrence Press)
Today's book of poetry:Trace. Simone Muench. Black Lawrence Press. Pittsburgh, PA. 2014."Hence, my writing is, if not a cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of flies in amber.....
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Speaking of Power - The Poetry of Di Brandt - selected and with an...
Today's book of poetry:Speaking of Power - The Poetry of Di Brandt - selected with an introduction by Tanis MacDonald. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Waterloo, ON. 2006."There is what Don McKay...
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Otherwise Unseeable - Betsy Sholl (University of Wisconsin Press)
Today's book of poetry:Otherwise Unseeable. Betsy Sholl. Four Lakes Poetry Series. University of Wisconsin Press. Madison, Wisconsin. 2014Otherwise Unseeable is the winner of the 2014 Four Lakes...
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Talismans - Maudelle Driskell (Hobblebush Books)
Today's book of poetry:Talismans. Maudelle Driskell. The Hobblebush Granite State Poetry Series, Volume VIII. Hobblebush Books. Brookline, NH. 2014.Wait until you get a load of Maudelle Driskell....
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Placeholder - Charmaine Cadeau (Brick Books)
Today's book of poetry:Placeholder. Charmaine Cadeau. Brick Books. London, Ontario. 2013.Charmaine Cadeau is one of those "slow-down" poets. These are the poets where subtle craft and sublime...
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Now Lays The Sunshine By - Andrew Hughes (Book Thug)
Today's book of poetry:Now Lays The Sunshine By. Andrew Hughes. Book Thug. Toronto, Ontario. 2010.Andrew Hughes is hilarious. This is where Richard Brautigan sensibilities meet up with Ricky...
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RedShift - Patrick White (Ekstasis Editions)
Today's book of poetry:RedShift. Patrick White. Ekstasis Editions. Victoria, B.C. 2013.I expect there are boxes and boxes of undiscovered Patrick White poems. He used up every word in the English...
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The Sleeve Waves - Angela Sorby (University of Wisconsin Press)
Today's book of poetry:The Sleeve Waves. Angela Sorby. University of Wisconsin Press. Madison, Wisconsin. 2014.WINNER OF THE 2014 FELIX POLLACK PRIZE IN POETRYAngela Sorby is crazy talented. These...
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How to Love a Lonely Man - Rhonda Douglas (Apt. 9 Press)
Today's book of poetry:How to Love a Lonely Man. Rhonda Douglas. Apt.9 Press. Ottawa, Ontario. 2013."What is language but a habitable grief." —Mark StrandRhonda Douglas opens the doors with this...
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Pluck - Laisha Rosnau (Nightwood Editions)
Today's book of poetry:Pluck. Laisha Rosnau. Nightwood Editions. Gibsons, British Columbia. 2014.Sometimes when you open a book of poetry and start reading there is a moment where you feel you are...
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HER RED HAIR RISES WITH THE WINGS OF INSECTS - Catherine Graham (Wolsak &...
For the month of April this blog will be looking at the nominees for the 2014 Pat Lowther Memorial Award, Raymond Souster Award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award as recognized by the the League of...
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Perfection - Patrick Warner (Icehouse Poetry/Goose Lane Editions)
Today's book of poetry:Perfection. Patrick Warner. Icehouse Poetry. Goose Lane Editions. Fredericton, NB. 2012.Waxingit began when I hit the snooze and slept in late, got worse when I...
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Galaxy - Rachel Thompson (Anvil Press)
Today's book of poetry:Galaxy. Rachel Thompson. Anvil Press. Vancouver, BC. 2011.Rachel Thompson channels Margaret Laurence's idea of "emotional biography", as the back cover of this Anvil Press...
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On the Flyleaf - Herbert Woodward Martin (Harmony Series/Bottom Dog Press)
Today's book of poetry:On the Flyleaf. Herbert Woodward Martin. Harmony Series/Bottom Dog Press. Huron, Ohio. 2013.Herbert Woodward Martin is a poet and acclaimed academic, On the Flyleaf is Mr....
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The Port Inventory - Donald McGrath (Cormorant Books)
Today's book of poetry:The Port Inventory. Donald McGrath. Cormorant Books. Markham, Ontario. 2012.Not sure what Donald McGrath was up to for the last twenty-two years. His first book, At First...
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What The Badger Said - Tom Cull (Baseline Press)
Today's book of poetry:What The Badger Saw. Tom Cull. Baseline Press. London, Ontario. 2013.Karen Schindler is a small press Goddess and don't you forget it. Baseline Press continues to produce...
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