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…
Review of Eva Tihanyi’s “Circle Tour” by Katherine Matiko
By Katherine Matiko Circle Tour by Eva Tihanyi Inanna Publications and Education Inc. (2023) Eva Tihanyi’s Circle Tour takes readers on a spiralling journey from hope to societal and personal…
Review of Jennifer Bowering Delisle’s “Deriving”
By Jennifer Cox Deriving by Jennifer Bowering Delisle University of Alberta Press (2021) While it is an unusual choice to open a poetry book with a Descartian theory on the…
Review of Paul Zits’ “I Wish I Could Be Peter Falk”
By Vincent Potter I Wish I Could Be Peter Falk by Paul Zits University of Calgary Press (2022) Paul Zits opens this collection with the perfect dedication: “for Me (&…
Review of Wendy Donawa’s “Our Bodies’ Unanswered Questions”
By Angeline Schellenberg Our Bodies’ Unanswered Questions by Wendy Donawa Frontenac House Poetry (2021) “Is it bravado or just cheap grace, / hoping anything can be borne / if sung…
Review of Bren Simmers’ “If, When”
By Angeline Schellenberg If, When by Bren Simmers Gaspereau Press (2021) The first poem in Bren Simmers’ new collection ends “You’re not in an ambulance / speeding towards emergency. /…
Review of Skylar Kay’s “Transcribing Moonlight”
By Bret Crowle Transcribing Moonlight by Skylar Kay Frontenac House (2022) Skylar Kay’s debut collection Transcribing Moonlight is a delicate and transcendental glimpse into the world of identity. Authenticity leaches…
Review of Barry Dempster’s “Being Here”
By Beth Everest BEING HERE: the chemistry of startle by Barry Dempster Frontenac House (2022) From cover to cover, Barry Dempster’s latest book BEING HERE: the chemistry of startle, held…
Blurred Sunlight Shimmering on Wet Rocks: A Review of Laurence Hutchman’s “Swimming Toward the Sun”
by D.A. Lockhart Blurred Sunlight Shimmering on Wet Rocks A Review of Laurence Hutchman’s Swimming Toward the Sun. Collected Poems: 1968-2020. Guernica Editions (2020) I first heard Laurence Hutchman’s work…