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 Gary Barwin “For It Is a Pleasure and a Surprise to Breathe”
By Skylar Kay For It Is a Pleasure and a Surprise to Breathe by Gary Barwin Buckrider Books (2019) Gary Barwin’s collection of poetry For It Is a Pleasure and a…
Review of Arleen Paré’s “First”
By Catherine Owen First by Arleen Paré Brick Books (2020) The topic of female friendships in literature: enduring, formative, is unfortunately uncommon. Often dismissed as a bond of fripperies by a patriarchal society, close…
Review of Keith Garebian’s “Scan: Cancer Poems”
By Blaine Marchand Scan: Cancer Poems by Keith Garebian Dis/ability Series: Number Twenty-two Limited Edition, 100 copies Frog Hollow Press In the opening to Keith Garebian’s probing, insightful and powerful…
Review of Pamela Medland’s “Echo of Ash”
By Carla Scarano Echo of Ash by Pamela Medland Passwords Enterprises ISBN 9780968091860 Echo of Ash is an engaging first full collection that displays a journey through bereavement after the…
Review of Ariel Gordon’s “TreeTalk”
By Skylar Kay TreeTalk by Ariel Gordon At Bay Press (2020) ISBN-10: 1988168279 ISBN-13: 978-1988168272 First of all, TreeTalk is an innovative poetry collection. While most entries are from Gordon,…
Review of Lisa Richter’s “Nautilus and Bone”
By Angeline Schellenberg Nautilus and Bone by Lisa Richter Frontenac House (2020) ISBN: 9781989466124 I’m usually drawn to poetry books that feel like old friends: collections that put music to…
Review of Catherine Owen’s “Riven: Poems”
By Bret Crowle Riven: Poems by Catherine Owen ECWPress (2020) ISBN: 9781770415249 Catherine Owen’s Riven is a collection of poems woven together to blend the feeling of loss with the…
Review of Carla Scarano D’Antonio’s “Caponata”
by Josephine LoRe Caponata Carla Scarano D’Antonio Dempsey & Windle (2020) ISBN 9781913329228 Carla Scarano D’Antonio’s Caponata arrived late last year and I devoured it in one sitting. Enough time…