by Kevin Spenst | Mar 5, 2011 | poetry
Jacob McArthur Mooney’s Vox Populism is indispensable. His Retail series preview upcoming poetry titles from Canadian presses, an ambitious undertaking that has helped to establish a platform for the discussion of Canadian poetry and poetics. Mooney’s also...
by Kevin Spenst | Mar 1, 2011 | poetry
Born in Ottawa, Canada’s glorious capital city, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa. The author of more than twenty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, his most recent titles are the poetry collections Glengarry (Talonbooks, 2011), kate street (Moira,...
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 25, 2011 | poetry
Robert Lee Brewer is the editor of Writer’s Market, Poet’s Market and WritersMarket.com, in addition to maintaining the blog Poetic Asides. Brewer has published poems in several print and online publications, including Barn Owl Review, Otoliths, and OCHO. He was kind...
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Aaron Belz writes poems into the some of the most surprising occasions and places: an alternate ending to It’s a Wonderful Life, the death of Leslie Neilsen, and a place called Irwindale. Not surprisingly, his approach to editing also comes from a unique angle:...
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Linda Rogers, poet laureate of Victoria, B.C., is not only a poet but also a novelist, teacher and journalist. She says on her website that “[a]s we get closer and more competitive in the crowded world, we are discovering that we need liturgies for living. That...
