Review of Elana Wolff’s “Swoon”
by Keith Garebian Swoon Elana Wolff Guernica Editions (2020) ISBN: 9781771835077 Elana Wolff’s sixth poetry collection uses epigraphs that connote various meanings of “swoon:” The Living Torah’s example of Rebecca’s…
Review of Anita Lahey’s “The Last Goldfish”
by Skylar Kay The Last Goldfish Anita Lahey Octopus Books (2020) ISBN: 9781771963435 Some books are page turners, keeping readers asking, ‘How will this end? I need to know!’ Lahey’s…
Josephine LoRe: poet and photographer, an artist at her best
by Carla Scarano In her career as a writer and award-winning poet, Josephine LoRe, who is based in Calgary, Alberta, is a remarkable example of an independent and committed author.…
Review of Sabrina Uswak’s “All the Night Gone”
by Ryan Stromquist All the Night Gone Sabrina Uswak Stonehouse Publishing (2020) ISBN: 978-1-988754-28-4 All the Night Gone, the debut novel of Sabrina Uswak, is another addition to the pantheon…
Review of Jillian Christmas’ “The Gospel of Breaking”
by Marshall Gu The Gospel of Breaking Jillian Christmas Arsenal Pulp Press (2020) ISBN: 978-1551527970 The poems of Ontario- born, Vancouver-based Jillian Christmas’ The Gospel of Breaking range in length,…
Review of Jane Munro’s “Glass Float”
by Micheline Maylor Glass Float by Jane Munro Brick Books (2020) ISBN: 9781771315241 Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, claimed Ginsberg, the skin is holy, the soul is holy. In Glass…
Review of Ariel Gordon’s “TreeTalk”
by Skylar Kay TreeTalk by Ariel Gordon At Bay Press (2020) ISBN: 9781988168272 First of all, TreeTalk is an innovative poetry collection. While most entries are from Gordon, many others come…
Review of Bob Stallworthy’s “Impact Statement.”
by Tony King Impact Statement by Bob Stallworthy Frontenac House Poetry (2020) ISBN: 978-1-989466-05-6 Imagine life interrupted. Your whole world upended in an afternoon. The future is not just derailed,…
Review of E. Alex Pierce’s “To float, to drown, to close up, to open.”
by Joan Shillington To float, to drown, to close up, to open E. Alex Pierce University of Alberta Press (2020) ISBN 978-1-77212-453-8 In the last poem of her second collection…
Review of Jennifer Spruit’s “A Handbook for Beautiful People.”
by Kim McCullough A Handbook for Beautiful People Jennifer Spruit Inanna Publications (2017) ISBN: 978-1-77133-441-9 A Handbook for Beautiful People by former Calgarian Jennifer Spruit is a gentle love letter to the…