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…
Review of Basma Kavanagh’s “Ruba’iyat for the Time of Apricots”
by Megan Nega Ruba’iyat for the Time of Apricots Basma Kavanagh Frontenac House Poetry (2018) ISBN: 978-1-927823-81-1 Basma Kavanagh’s Ruba’iyat for the Time of Apricots is a long-form poem written…
Review of Conrad Scott’s “Waterline Immersion”
by John Wall Barger Waterline Immersion by Conrad Scott Frontenac House (2019) ISBN 9781927823972 In Waterline Immersion, Conrad Scott enacts the birth of the world using language that shifts tectonically…
Review of Naomi K. Lewis’ “Tiny Lights for Travellers”
by Ryan Stromquist Tiny Lights for Travellers Naomi K. Lewis University of Alberta Press (2019) ISBN 978-1-77212-448-4 Naomi Lewis’ memoir, Tiny Lights for Travellers, begins with an epigraph from Alain…
Review of Sharanpal Ruprai’s “Pressure Cooker Love Bomb”
by Nikki Reimer Pressure Cooker Love Bomb by Sharanpal Ruprai Frontenac House (2019) ISBN 978-1-92782-383-5 Sex, love and food: the lyricism The Instant Pot is all the rage right now,…
Review of Laura Zacharin’s “Common Brown House Moths”
by Beth Everest Common Brown House Moths by Laura Zacharin Frontenac House (2019) ISBN: 9781927823989 Common Brown House Moths by Laura Zacharin is anything but common. Already the first line,…
Review of JoAnn McCaig’s “An Honest Woman”
by Sarah Butson An Honest Womanby JoAnn McCaigThistledown Press (2019)ISBN 978-1-77187-178-5 JoAnn McCaig’s second novel, An Honest Woman, is not your average read. If you are looking for a linear…