Review of Maureen Hynes’ “Take the Compass”
By Megan Nega Take the Compass by Maureen Hynes McGill-Queen’s University Press (2023) Take the Compass is a vivid collection of 58 poems which offer guidance for navigating life’s chaos…
Review of Sheri-D Wilson’s “The Oneironaut”
By Mary Vlooswyk The Oneironaut 1 by Sheri-D Wilson Write Bloody North (2024) The first thing I had to do with this book was research what Oneironaut meant, despite ONERIO…
Review of Tim Bowling’s “In The Capital City of Autumn”
By Catherine Owen In The Capital City of Autumn by Tim Bowling Wolsak & Wynn (2024) Tim Bowling’s body of work holds the distinction of being both diverse and consistent…
Review of David Martin’s “Kink Bands”
By Steven Ross Smith Kink Bands by David Martin NeWest Press (2023) We’re in the mountains here, or in a classroom, or touring earth … but where doesn’t exactly matter…
Review of Ariel Gordon and Brenda Schmidt’s “Siteseeing”
By Frances Boyle Siteseeing by Ariel Gordon and Brenda Schmidt At Bay Press (2023) Siteseeking is the result of a year-long conversation in poetry between two writers celebrated for their…
Three Books on Poetics Reviewed by Catherine Owen
By Catherine Owen Imagining Imagining by Gary Barwin Wolsak and Wynn (2023) “I love the syncretic web of experience,” Gary Barwin states exuberantly in his essay “The Selected Walks,” from…
Review of Leilei Chen’s translation of “I Have Forsaken Heaven & Earth, but Never Forsaken You”
By Mary Vlooswyk I Have Forsaken Heaven & Earth, but Never Forsaken You by MA Hui, translated by Leilei Chen Frontenac House (2023) Have you ever played the telephone game?…
Review of Juleta Severson-Baker’s “Antecedent”
By Katherine Matiko Antecedent by Juleta Severson-Baker Frontenac House (2023) Juleta Severson-Baker dedicates Antecedent to her ancestors, so it was no surprise to encounter a boy coming to terms with…
Review of dee Hobsbawn-Smith’s “Among the Untamed”
By Mary Vlooswyk Among the Untamed by dee Hobsbawn-Smith Frontenac House Poetry (2023) Among the Untamed by dee Hobsbawn-Smith is an exploration of how to be a woman in today’s…
Review of Derek Beaulieu’s “Surface Tension” by Steven Ross Smith
By Steven Ross Smith Surface Tension by Derek Beaulieu Coach House Press (2022) Following on and expanding upon the appearance and evolution of concrete poetry, which exploded language’s visual and…