zra Pound wrote, in an early poem, “Come, my songs, let us speak of perfection— / We shall get ourselves rather ...
By Bert Almon
Poetry
Check out this summer's selection of poetry books.
By Bert Almon
John McAuley, one of the Vehicule Poets who were so influential in Montreal circa 1975–80, published four books from 1977–79. His new collection, All I Can Say for Sure, is so good that the long silence must be regretted.
By Bert Almon
he muse in our time has taken a conceptual turn. Etymologically, a poet is a “maker,” and many writers are ...
By Bert Almon
usan Glickman’s book, The Smooth Yarrow, shows a chilling awareness of mortality through the ...
By Bert Almon
hen David Solway coined the phrase “double exile” to describe the situation of the English-language writers in ...
By Abby Paige
ildlife inhabits much of Stephanie Bolster’s A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth, which meanders ...
By Abby Paige
inda Besner’s poems are seriously playful. The title of her book, with its pair of rhyming words, suggests that ...
By Bert Almon
ontreal legend Artie Gold published only two books after his great outburst of creativity in 1974–79, and one of ...
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It is heartening when poets engage with philosophy or science. Kate Hall’s The Certainty Dream (reviewed in ...
By Bert Almon
Larissa Andrusyshyn’s book is fresh and original in its language, which is drawn largely from science. Buried in ...
By Bert Almon
Johanna Skibsrud’s approach to the poem often seems to be, “Why use two pages when three would do?” Her book ...
By Bert Almon