‘Some Dads’ successfully captures the hard edge and experimental nature of the 90s.
Some Dads Some Dads, Independent, somedads.bandcamp.com These dads clearly listened to a lot of Pavement and Built to Spill in […]
Issue #88
Norma MacDonald is in search of freedom in ‘Old Future’
Norma MacDonald Old Future, Noyes Records, noyesrecords.limitedrun.com Love, loss, and a pedal steel guitar are natural bedfellows. For Norma MacDonald’s […]
‘The Red River Ramblers’ captures the rhythmic spirit of the First Nations peoples
The Red River Ramblers Métis Fiddle Music, Independent, theredriverramblers.bandcamp.com Only one of these tunes has “jig” in the title (the […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
Yeon-Sik Hong details their exhausting but ultimately worthwhile struggles in ‘Umma’s Table’
Umma’s Table Yeon-Sik Hong, 360 pgs, Drawn & Quarterly, drawnandquarterly.com, $34.95 South Korea-based illustrator Yeon-Sik Hong introduces us to Madong […]
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 […]
‘Year of the Rabbit’ captures the enduring humanity and resilience of Khim’s family
Year of the Rabbit Tian Veasna, translated by Helge Dascher, 380 pgs, Drawn & Quarterly, drawnandquarterly.com, $34.95 Revolutionary slogans are […]