Elliott Colla’s ‘We Are All Things’ provides plenty of food for thought
We Are All Things Chapbook, Elliott Colla (text), Ganzeer (illustration), 48 pgs, Radix Media, radixmedia.org, $12 USD Some walls have […]
Zine Reviews
‘Tomorrow, adagio’ calls into question the purpose of translation
Tomorrow, adagio Chapbook, Simina Banu, 12 pgs, above/ground press, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com, $5 Banu, or her designer, has appropriately flipped a scribbled […]
‘this is not a poem/ this is an apology’ is an emotional and lonesome apology for misunderstanding
this is not a poem/ this is an apology Chapbook, Talie M. Zrihen, 13 pgs, PWYC Written between 2013-17, these […]
‘The Sad Mechanic Exercise’ expresses a troublesome relationship with time, memory, and mortality
The Sad Mechanic Exercise Chapbook, Bruce Whiteman, 27 pgs, Gaspereau Press, gaspereau.com, $4.95 Bruce Whiteman borrows his title from Alfred […]
Explore the wilds of romance with ‘Pulp Kings #3’
Pulp Kings #3 Litzine, edited by IB, 61 pgs, Stray Books Ltd., straybooks.ca, $11.99 It takes a lot of effort […]
Rob McLennan captures the value of location in ‘Poems for Lunch Poems at SFU’
Poems for Lunch Poems at SFU Chapbook, rob mclennan, 36 pgs, above/ground press, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com, $5 A recent TVO documentary, Tripping […]
‘Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40’ contains occasional outbursts of hope and joy
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 Litzine, Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link, 60 pgs, Book Moon, bookmoonbooks.com, $5 In Amber […]
‘Here on Huron’ is like a damaged VHS turned into letters and punctuation
Here on Huron Chapbook, Michael Sikkema, 20 pgs, above/ground press, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com, $5 The poet’s bio describes an interest in “feral […]
Hawad searches for immaterial truth in ‘Furigraphic Horizons’
Furigraphic Horizons Chapbook, Hawad, trans. Jake Syersak, 24 pgs, above/ground press, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com, $5 Translator Jake Syersak selects three poems from […]
‘Death Is A White Balloon’ creates a space for monstrous vitality
Death Is A White Balloon Chapbook, Tomasz W. Wiszniewski, 24 pgs, Bywords, thomaskoht.com, $10 This debut chapbook from Ottawa-based poet […]
‘Blind Poems’ might be a stepping stone for you to get out and take a break
Blind Poems Chapbook, Hei Lam Ng, 40 pgs, heilamng.com, $15 I first encountered magnetic poetry a decade ago on some […]
‘The Adventures of the Frozen Embryos’ illustrates what it’s like to be a frozen embryo seeking to inherit a soul
The Adventures of the Frozen Embryos Litzine, The Ornamental Hermit, 56 pgs, [email protected], free Have you ever wondered what it’s […]