Paper Radio
Paper Radio is written with the confidence of a teenager carving her arm. In poems like “Honour Roll Student Drunk […]
Book Review
Our Extraordinary Monsters
As a rule, readers should be very wary of poems with titles that offer two nouns linked with the word […]
God of Missed Connections
T.S. Eliot wrote that “the progress of an artist is a continual self sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.” In […]
Back Off, Assassin! New and Selected Poems
Jim Smith — Toronto small press provocateur, ex-publisher of The Front, civil litigator and adventurous, heroic poet — is back […]
Declining America
It’s tough to pull off a book with “America” in the title. Just ask Rob Budde. His Declining America is […]
Wanton
Angela Hibbs refers to Anne Sexton stylistically and thematically in some of the poems in Wanton. As in Sexton’s work, […]
Assholeology
The latest in a long line of “How to be a Jerk” books, and this one doesn’t really add anything […]
The Book of Dead Philosophers
The Book of Dead Philosophers is exactly what it says on the label. Structured encyclopedically and chronologically, it is a […]
Sentimental Exorcisms
There’s a small but vocal group of critics who regularly bemoan the abundance of Canadian fiction focusing on the dilemmas […]
Front Porch Mannequins
Rebekkah Adams’ debut novel Front Porch Mannequins centers on the bleak, bruised lives of Nan, Alice and Lily, three women […]
The Exile Book of Canadian Sports Stories
Priscila Uppal works too hard, though it’s tough to find fault in her efforts. After editing the successful anthology 20 […]
The Taste of Penny
The one thing that can be said about Toronto-based writer Jeff Parker is he doesn’t waste time in plot and […]