Review of Bren Simmers’ “If, When”
By Angeline Schellenberg If, When by Bren Simmers Gaspereau Press (2021) The first poem in Bren Simmers’ new collection ends “You’re not in an ambulance / speeding towards emergency. /…
Interview with Yusuf Saadi
By Catherine Graham Catherine Graham: Congratulations on being shortlisted for the 2021 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize for your debut collection Pluviophile (Nightwood Editions). A searching quality runs through these poems,…
Interview with Victoria Chang
By Catherine Graham Catherine Graham: Congratulations on being shortlisted for the 2021 International Griffin Poetry Prize for OBIT (Copper Canyon Press). The book has around 70 obits, plus sonnets and…
Interview with Tracy K. Smith
By Catherine Graham Catherine Graham: Congratulations on being shortlisted for the 2021 International Griffin Poetry Prize along with Yi Lei and Changtai Bi for My Name Will Grow Wide Like…
The Quiet in Me: An Interview with Lorna Crozier
The Quiet in Me: An Interview with Lorna Crozier by Rosemary Griebel Patrick Lane was revered as one of Canada’s most prolific and influential poets. When he died in 2019…
The (Un)expected Passion in Stories of (M)othering
An Interview with Anne Sorbie and Heidi Grogan by Sharon Berg (M)othering: An Anthology Edited by Anne Sorbie and Heidi Grogan Inanna Publications (2022) Sharon Berg: First, thank you both…
Review of Skylar Kay’s “Transcribing Moonlight”
By Bret Crowle Transcribing Moonlight by Skylar Kay Frontenac House (2022) Skylar Kay’s debut collection Transcribing Moonlight is a delicate and transcendental glimpse into the world of identity. Authenticity leaches…
Review of Barry Dempster’s “Being Here”
By Beth Everest BEING HERE: the chemistry of startle by Barry Dempster Frontenac House (2022) From cover to cover, Barry Dempster’s latest book BEING HERE: the chemistry of startle, held…
Review of dee Hobsbawn-Smith’s “Bread & Water”
By Ariel Gordon Bread & Water by dee Hobsbawn-Smith University of Regina Press (2021) dee Hobsbawn-Smith is somehow known both for being a Calgary chef, food writer, and single parent…
The Missing Vision in the Visionary: An Essay on Paul Vermeersch’s “Shared Universe: New and Selected Poems 1995 – 2020”
By Shane Neilson Admittedly, faith is not a common lens for the analysis of contemporary poetry. As our culture hurtles forward along a post-faith trajectory that goes by the name…