‘Woven’ is a warm cup of familiar
Woven Isabella Fassler, 48 pgs, isabellafassler.com A little compilation of poems with a beautiful backdrop of illustrations that conjure […]
Book Review
‘Some People’s Children’ tackles the drive for a sense of belonging
Some People’s Children Bridget Canning, 250 pgs, Breakwater Books, breakwaterbooks.com, $23 Imogene has never known life outside of the […]
‘Ripples’ explores cyclical mechanisms of human emotion
Ripples Rei Hagiwara, 102 pgs, Glacier Bay Books, glacierbaybooks.com, $18 (print), $9.50 (ebook) Coming off the success of their much-heralded […]
‘The League of Super Feminists’ is a perfect read for those awkward preteen days
The League of Super Feminists Mirion Malle, 60 pgs, Drawn and Quarterly, drawnandquarterly.com, $19 Can I hire the League […]
‘Baaaad Muthaz Vol. 1’ is a vivid mashup of sci-fi tropes and retro Blaxploitation flair
Baaaad Muthaz Vol. 1 Bill Campbell, David Brame and Damian Duffy, 140 pgs, Rosarium Press, rosariumpublishing.com, $19.95 “You gotta end […]
‘Pinko Joe’ is an anti-capitalist manifesto in both plot and presentation
Pinko Joe Christopher Sperandio, 96 pgs, Argle Bargle Books, arglebarglebooks.com, $28.75 Who knew that political resistance could be laugh-out-loud hilarious? […]
Simone Person’s ‘Smoke Girl’ dives into the inevitable personal monologue and crucial stages of grief
Smoke Girl Simone Person, 36 pgs, Diode Editions, diodeeditions.com, $12 There is an internal conversation that is thrust upon a […]
‘The Response of Weeds’ grapples with a profound dichotomy: the richness of Black history, and the lack of it in the Albertan psyche.
The Response of Weeds Bertrand Bickersteth, 117 pgs, NeWest Press, newestpress.com, $18.95 Bertrand Bickersteth’s poetry collection, The Response of Weeds, […]
‘The Perfect Archive’ is a perfect trip
The Perfect Archive Paul Lisson, 98 pgs, Guernica Editions, guernicaeditions.com, $20 The word “perfect” is crossed out on the cover […]
The connection of adolescent experiences and influential literature in ‘Good Timing & Gertrude Stein’
Good Timing & Gertrude Stein Julia Cohen, 28 pgs, Diode Editions, diodeeditions.com, $12 Adolescent experiences ingrain themselves deeply in our […]
‘Storm Cloud Haze’ gives a view of humanity’s shortcomings
Storm Cloud Haze Alessandra Wike, 93 pgs, Persimmon Moon Press, $7.04 A hybrid assemblage of poetry, reflective prose and photography, […]