One of the sheer brilliances of Kwan’s book is turning migration into a love poem and love into a migration.
By Carlos A. Pittella
Poetry
This latest by Klara du Plessis examines a collaborative event and, in doing so, endlessly multiplies it – so the event isn’t dead after all.
By Carlos A. Pittella
This is a book of silences: the long blanket of winter, the blank of the page always larger than the poems themselves, the passivity of government.
By Carlos A. Pittella
Amid dark undercurrents that often implicate poet and reader alike, Marciano creates her own rituals.
By Carlos A. Pittella
If I could buy an atlas of Canadian cities recently mapped by poets, I would expect to find John Reibetanz’s Toronto.
By Carlos A. Pittella
There’s a deep ecology in Tidal that doesn’t treat humans as separate from nature.
By Carlos A. Pittella
In a vicious act of rebellion, Domenica Martinello demolishes the delusions of the capitalist pastoral.
By Martin Breul
Derek Webster’s second collection contains a panoramic meditation on the spell of nationhood and its grip on our lives.
By Martin Breul
Scott continues his commentary on the troubling turns of modern politics and governance that have been a central concern of his throughout.
By Martin Breul
Mary Thaler’s novel in verse is an epic tale of vengeance, greed, violence, and betrayal, but also of courage, friendship, and trust.
By Martin Breul
In a lexical tour de force of monumental proportions, the two poets unleash a verbal maelstrom that rewards readers.
By Martin Breul
Klara du Plessis and Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi's poetic collaboration is playful and deeply felt.
By Emily Mernin