Review of Michelle Good’s “Five Little Indians”
by Shelley McAneeley Five Little Indians by Michelle Good Harper Perennial (2020) Michelle Good reminds me of my grandfather and the time when storytellers spun words into magic. Five Little…
Review of Marty Gervais’ “Meeting Thoreau at the Gas Station Diner”
by Shelley McAneeley Meeting Thoreau at the Gas Station Diner by Marty Gervais Urban Farmhouse Press (2022) In the mid-to-late sixties, hippies and curious seekers took off to wherever, whatever,…
Review of Angeline Schellenberg’s “Fields of Light and Stone”
By Yvonne Blomer Fields of Light and Stone by Angeline Schellenberg University of Alberta Press (2020) Fields of Light and Stone is a book of poems through which Angeline Schellenberg…
Review of Zoe Dickinson’s “Intertidal: Poems from the Littoral Zone”
By Yvonne Blomer intertidal: poems from the littoral zone by Zoe Dickinson Raven Chapbooks (2022) The title alone of this slim volume of astonishing poems says much – both intertidal…
Review of Diane Girard’s “Waves”
By Sharon Berg Waves by Diane Girard Volume Publishing (2021) What was I expecting inside this simple cover on a seemingly self-published book? I don’t mind admitting I recognized my…
Review of G.A Grisenthwaite’s “Home Waltz”
By Crystal Mackenzie Home Waltz by G.A Grisenthwaite Palimpsest Press (2020) Set in 1973, in a town near Kamloops B.C, Home Waltz by G.A Grisenthwaite is a typical coming of…
Review of Lousie B. Halfe’s “Awâsis: Kinky and Dishevelled”
By Micheline Maylor Awâsis: Kinky and Dishevelled by Lousie B. Halfe Sky Dancer Brick (2021) Awâsis: Kinky and Dishevelled by Louise B. Halfe Sky Dancer is a trickster’s book of…
Review of D. A. Lockhart’s “Go Down Odawa Way”
By Marty Gervais Go Down Odawa Way by D. A. Lockhart Kegedonce Press (2021) I heard so much about this book by Windsor-based writer D.A. Lockhart, and looked forward to…
Review of Barbara Black’s “Music From a Strange Planet”
By Skylar Kay Music From a Strange Planet by Barbara Black Caitlin Press (2021) Barbara Black’s Music From A Strange Planet is a well-curated collection of short stories; several themes run throughout…
Review of Mark Sampson’s “All the Animals on Earth”
By Skylar Kay All the Animals on Earth by Mark Sampson Wolsak and Wynn (2020) Mark Sampson’s All The Animals On Earth is like if Orwell had mashed Animal Farm and…