Review of Kayla Czaga’s “Dunk Tank”
by Micheline Maylor Dunk Tank by Kayla Czaga House of Anansi Press (2019) ISBN 978-1-4870-0596-2 The poetry gods claim that a second book is much harder than the first because…
Review of dee Hobsbawn-Smith’s “What Can’t Be Undone”
by Tia Christoffersen What Can’t Be Undone by dee Hobsbawn-Smith Thistledown Press (2015) ISBN 978-1-927068-89-2 From the award-winning culinary writer and poet dee Hobsbawn Smith comes her first collection…
Review of Shane Neilson’s “New Brunswick”
by Skylar Kay New Brunswick by Shane Neilson Biblioasis (2019) ISBN 978-192-7823675 Shane Neilson’s New Brunswick forms a story of loss, love, and return, circling around New Brunswick as a…
Review of “Narrow Bridge” by Barbara Pelman
by Skylar Kay Narrow Bridge by Barbara Pelman Ronsdale Press (2017) ISBN 978-1-55380-508-3 Pelman’s Narrow Bridge is a musical ode to life, aging, acceptance, and rebirth in three parts. The…
Crystal Mackenzie’s Book Review of “On Huron’s Shore” by Marilyn Gear Pilling
Crystal Mackenzie A review of: On Huron’s Shore by Marilyn Gear Pilling Demeter Press (2014) ISBN 978-1-927335-34-5 We all have to grow up, some of us are just better at…
Book review of “Morning After You” by Carmelo Militano
gillian harding-russell a review of Morning After You By Carmelo Militano Ekstasis Editions (2014) ISBN 978-177-10343 Carmelo Militano writes from the perspective of an immigrant to Canada from Calabria, Italy…
Book review of “The New World” by Andrew Motion
Nikki Celis A review of The New World By Andrew Motion The Crown Publishing Group ISBN 978-0-8041-3845-1 “Pride, I suppose. Stubbornness. Greed. Some defect in myself, which proves I am…
Book review of “Verge” by Lynda Monahan
gillian harding-russell A review of Verge By Lynda Monahan Guernica (2015) ISBN 978-1-55071-963-5 In Verge, Monahan writes slender verses that carry a MacEwenesque self-discovery and wisdom. Just as MacEwen associated…
Book Review of “The Vacationers” by Emma Straub
Lisa Deane a review of: The Vacationers By Emma Straub Riverhead Books ISBN 978-159463157 Gistnopsis: Middle-aged married couple Franny and Jim, 28-year-old Bobby, and 18-year-old Sylvia, along with Franny’s best…
Book Review of Aaron Cully Drake’s “Do You Think This Is Strange?”
Shelley McAneeley a review of: Do You Think This is Strange? Aaron Cully Drake Brindle and Glass Publishing ISBN 978-1-927366-387 Having just completed my usual morning talk with my…