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 Michelle Good’s “Five Little Indians”
by Shelley McAneeley Five Little Indians by Michelle Good Harper Perennial (2020) Michelle Good reminds me of my grandfather and the time when storytellers spun words into magic. Five Little…
Review of Angeline Schellenberg’s “Fields of Light and Stone”
By Yvonne Blomer Fields of Light and Stone by Angeline Schellenberg University of Alberta Press (2020) Fields of Light and Stone is a book of poems through which Angeline Schellenberg…
Review of Diane Girard’s “Waves”
By Sharon Berg Waves by Diane Girard Volume Publishing (2021) What was I expecting inside this simple cover on a seemingly self-published book? I don’t mind admitting I recognized my…
Review of Doreen Vanderstoop’s “Watershed”
By Vincent Potter Watershed by Doreen Vanderstoop Freehand Books (2020) ISBN: 9781988298597 The dystopia in Doreen Vanderstoop’s Watershed is one worryingly reasonable: it’s 2058, no one has enough water, and being…
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 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 Jennifer Spruit’s “A Handbook for Beautiful People.”
by Kim McCullough A Handbook for Beautiful People Jennifer Spruit Inanna Publications (2017) ISBN: 978-1-77133-441-9 A Handbook for Beautiful People by former Calgarian Jennifer Spruit is a gentle love letter to the…
Review of Basma Kavanagh’s “Ruba’iyat for the Time of Apricots”
by Megan Nega Ruba’iyat for the Time of Apricots Basma Kavanagh Frontenac House Poetry (2018) ISBN: 978-1-927823-81-1 Basma Kavanagh’s Ruba’iyat for the Time of Apricots is a long-form poem written…
Review of Laura Zacharin’s “Common Brown House Moths”
by Beth Everest Common Brown House Moths by Laura Zacharin Frontenac House (2019) ISBN: 9781927823989 Common Brown House Moths by Laura Zacharin is anything but common. Already the first line,…