Review of Ariel Gordon’s “Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest”
By Michael Frey Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon Wolsak and Wynn (2024) It’s all there in the subtitle, Foraging in the Urban Forest. In Ariel Gordon’s…
Review of Ben Berman Ghan’s “The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits”
By Samantha Purchase The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits by Ben Berman Ghan Wolsak & Wynn (2024) ‘Imagine’ opens Ben Berman Ghan’s expansive and timely novel, The Years Shall Run…
Review of Carmelo Militano’s “The Patina of Melancholy”
By Caterina Edwards The Patina of Melancholy by Carmelo Militano Ekstasis Editions (2023) Where does your need to make art come from? What sustains that urge when you are no…
Review of Stephen Marche’s “On Writing and Failure”
By Carmelo Militano On Writing and Failure or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer by Stephen Marche Biblioasis (2023) A quick skim of Stephen…
Review of Casey Plett’s “On Community”
by Joni Doornenbal On Community by Casey Plett Biblioasis (2023) Casey Plett’s new book-length essay On Community is a gracious contemplation of community in its many iterations, from the catty…
Review of Catherine Owen’s “Moving to Delilah”
By Tonya Lailey Moving to Delilah by Catherine Owen Freehand Books (2024) I just walked in, beneath the simple lintel, and the walls spoke in a definite whisper, “My name…
If You Lie Down in a Field, She Will Find You There
Michelle Hardy A Review of: If You Lie Down in a Field, She Will Find You There Colleen BrownRadiant Press, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-98927-494-1 110 pages $20.00 CAD Remembering an…
Review of Victoria Koops’ “Who We Are in Real Life”
By Kendall Bistretzan Who We Are in Real Life by Victoria Koops House of Anansi (2024) Who We Are in Real Life is a debut young adult novel by Saskatchewan…
Review of Keith Garebian’s “Pieces of My Self”
By David Bateman Pieces of My Self by Keith Garebian Guernica Editions (2023) From the mauve velvet of his mother’s most stylish evening gown, to the sights and sounds of…
Review of Tomson Highway’s “Permanent Astonishment”
By Shelley McAneeley Permanent Astonishment: a Memoir by Tomson Highway Penguin Random House Canada (2021) Perhaps the words, “permanent astonishment,” are the best words to describe Tomson Highway because what…