by Kevin Spenst | Feb 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Ray Hsu writes poems. In fact, he has published over a hundred and twenty-five in over forty magazines internationally. With two books under his belt (Anthropy and Cold Sleep Permanent Afternoon), he’s well on his way to infiltrating the Can Lit establishment....
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Through the site Precipitate, I came across the work of Curtis Jensen, a poet who has lived and worked in Utah, Wyoming, Ukraine and now Brooklyn. He maintains a blog at the end of waste and was good enough to answer the following questions: How do you work your way...
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Anne Hopkinson loves to engage in the daily tussle with the English language. She writes a monthly column for the Burnaby NewsLeader and enjoys reading poetry at a variety of venues around the Lower Mainland. She is the apprentice of the Thursdays Writing Collective....
by Kevin Spenst | Jan 30, 2011 | poetry
One of the unsung forces in Vancouver of poetic prowess and community building is Elee Kraljii Gardiner. She is an adjunct member of The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University and a freelance writer who teaches creative writing at the Carnegie Community Centre....
by Kevin Spenst | Dec 7, 2010 | poetry, writing advice
Unless you’re behind the wheel of a vehicle with these words being read to you from some text to speech software, I’d like you to drop everything and either check out the interview below or better yet click straight to Christine Leclerc’s website...
by Kevin Spenst | Nov 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Reason #452 for why grad school is so stunningly awesome: you not only get to read amazing works of fiction and poetry but you can hang out with the people responsible for these displays of linguistic fireworks. One of the most dynamic of personalities in my poetry...
by Kevin Spenst | Oct 28, 2010 | grad school at UBC, poetry
These past two months of the second year of my MFA at UBC have been rich with reading and writing. I’m in Rhea Tregebov’s immensely instructive poetry class where I’m surrounded by all sorts of talent. Ben Rawluk is a poet who inflates...
by Kevin Spenst | Oct 1, 2010 | poetry, writing s(c)een(e) in Vancouver
Of Bren Simmer’s new collection of poems, Night Gears, Rhea Tregebov says, ” “Whether she’s attending to the workings at the heart of small towns, or the archaic mechanism that is a moose stopped at the side of the road, Bren Simmers is attuned to the...
by Kevin Spenst | Sep 25, 2010 | poetry, writing advice, writing s(c)een(e) in Vancouver
A couple of weeks ago, I had the good fortune of meeting the phenomenologically talented Daniela Elza. The philosophical spark that ignites her poetry was immediately evident in our lively conversation. I was delighted that she agree to answer the following questions...
by Kevin Spenst | Sep 18, 2010 | grad school at UBC, poetry, writing advice
Round-two of my MFA in Creative Writing is underway and I’m once again lucky enough to be surrounded by a host of superlatively talented people. As part of a new series of posts at Poetic Edits, I’m pleased to introduce one of them to you. Melissa...
