Review of Pamela Medland’s “Echo of Ash”
By Carla Scarano Echo of Ash by Pamela Medland Passwords Enterprises ISBN 9780968091860 Echo of Ash is an engaging first full collection that displays a journey through bereavement after the…
Review of Doreen Vanderstoop’s “Watershed”
By Vincent Potter Watershed by Doreen Vanderstoop Freehand Books (2020) ISBN: 9781988298597 The dystopia in Doreen Vanderstoop’s Watershed is one worryingly reasonable: it’s 2058, no one has enough water, and being…
Review of Ariel Gordon’s “TreeTalk”
By Skylar Kay TreeTalk by Ariel Gordon At Bay Press (2020) ISBN-10: 1988168279 ISBN-13: 978-1988168272 First of all, TreeTalk is an innovative poetry collection. While most entries are from Gordon,…
Review of Lisa Richter’s “Nautilus and Bone”
By Angeline Schellenberg Nautilus and Bone by Lisa Richter Frontenac House (2020) ISBN: 9781989466124 I’m usually drawn to poetry books that feel like old friends: collections that put music to…
Review of Lori Hahnel’s “Vermin”
By Kathryn Shalley Vermin by Lori Hahnel Great Plains Publications (2020) ISBN: 9781773370460 Though disparate in time and location, the stories in Lori Hahnel’s Vermin are bound by a common…
Review of Catherine Owen’s “Riven: Poems”
By Bret Crowle Riven: Poems by Catherine Owen ECWPress (2020) ISBN: 9781770415249 Catherine Owen’s Riven is a collection of poems woven together to blend the feeling of loss with the…
Review of Carla Scarano D’Antonio’s “Caponata”
by Josephine LoRe Caponata Carla Scarano D’Antonio Dempsey & Windle (2020) ISBN 9781913329228 Carla Scarano D’Antonio’s Caponata arrived late last year and I devoured it in one sitting. Enough time…
Review of Jason Guriel’s “Forgotten Work”
by Micheline Maylor Forgotten Work Jason Guriel Biblioasis Press (2020) ISBN: 978-1-77196-382-4 Trolling twitter, I find this on Jason Guriel’s feed: “When I started writing nobody rhymed-it was in utter disrepute.…
Review of Joan Shillington’s “Let This Lake Remember”
by Anne Burke Let This Lake Remember Joan Shillington Frontenac House (2020) ISBN: 9781989466117 In “Truth” the persona of the poet acknowledges the ironic veracity of illusion, based on childhood memories…
Review of Oscar Martens'”No Call Too Small”
By Crystal Mackenzie No Call Too Small by Oscar Martens ISBN: 9781771681957 Oscar Martens’ No Call Too Small is a collection of short stories about moments: a flash, if you…