Reviews

Sitcom

The greatest trick McGimpsey has ever played on Canadian poetry is convincing it he doesn’t exist. It could be argued […]

The Work of Days

The Work of Days is a collection of poems that are as captivating and confusing as emotions, dreams or hallucinations. […]

Wheelchair Dancer

In Wheelchair Dancer, David Pointer puts together a litany of everyday sins and commonplace travesties. While this collection of poetry […]

The Animal Bridegroom

The Animal Bridegroom by Sandra Kasturi is an intriguing collection of poems rich in layered meanings and mythical allusions. It […]

The Alphabet Game: a bpNichol reader

Barrie Phillip Nichol aka bpNichol experimented with visual and concrete poetry, performed as a member of The Four Horsemen and […]

All Over Coffee

Paul Madonna takes a one-panel comic and turns the punch line into poetry. The images are of rooftops, power lines […]

The Great Hopeful Someday

The black and white illustrations in Elizabeth Belliveau’s The Great Hopeful Someday are very simple, using uneven lines and dotting […]

Reel Asian: Asian Canada on Screen

The Reel Asian Film Festival, one of my favourite film festivals, has inspired the first anthology of its kind that […]

God Laughs When You Die

“You possess a most dangerous gift; the capacity…to understand,” says the pig farmer to the strong, noble yet hideous protagonist […]

Long Story Short

My first introduction to Elyse Friedman was a rough draft she read at a Fictitious Reading night at This Ain’t […]

The Journey Prize Stories 19

The annual Journey Prize is supposed to be awarded for the best work of Canadian short fiction by an emerging […]