Book Review of Blue Sonoma by Jane Munro
Micheline Maylor A Review of Blue Sonoma By Jane Munro Brick Books $20.00 ISBN: 978-1-926829-88-3 Blue Sonoma is a collection that begins with a mantra and becomes a study of…
gillian harding-russell’s Book Review of “A Private Mythology” by Stephen Morrissey
gillian harding-russell A review of: A Private Mythology By Stephen Morrissey Ekstasis Editions ISBN 978-1-877171-055-8 In A Private Mythology, Stephen Morrissey writes poems that are obliquely confessional while delightfully clothed…
Book Review of “Redshift” by Patrick White
gillian harding-russell a review of Redshift By Patrick White Ekstasis, 2013. ISBN: 978 1771710275 $24.00 In Redshift, Patrick White attempts epic proportions while his speaker reflects on the human drama…
Book Review of “All the Daylight Hours”
Samantha Baldwin a review of All the Daylight Hours by Amanda Jernigan Cormorant Books Inc., 2013 ISBN 978-1-77086-261-6 Boil a cup of tea, grab your favourite slippers and sit by…
Book review of “A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People” by Gabe Foreman
Barbara L. Black A review of A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People By Gabe Foreman Coach House Books ISBN 978-I-55245-244-8 $17.95 It’s a beautiful con from the moment…
Book Review of “the id kid” by Linda Besner
Micheline Maylor a review of the id kid by Linda Besner Signal Editions – Vehicule Press ISBN 978-1-55065-313-7 $18.00 A quick googling of Linda Besner reveals a clown-nose portrait, the…
Book Review of “Night-Eater” by Patricia Young
Micheline Maylor A review of Night-Eater by Patricia Young Quattro Books ISBN 978-1-927443-01-9 $14.95 Patricia Young’s Night-Eater provides a collection of portraits, not the type of portraits you would find…
Book review of YVR by W. H. New
Micheline Maylor A review of YVR by W. H. New Oolichan Books (2011) ISBN 978-0-86492-668-5 $17.95 In W. H. New’s tenth book of poetry he investigates his hometown, Vancouver. The…
Book review of “Particles” by Michael Penny
Micheline Maylor A review of Particles By Michael Penny McGill-Queen’s University Press ISBN 978-0-7735-3846-7 $14.95 Michael Penny’s premise for Particles rests on William Blake’s aphorism, “To see the world in…
Book review of “Dancing, with Mirrors” by George Amabile
Lynn C. Fraser A review of Dancing, with Mirrors by George Amabile The Porcupine’s Quill ISBN 9780889843431 $19.95 This collection of eleven cantos is a memoir in verse that follows…