Review by Selina Boan Diversion by George Murray ECW Press, 2015 Sitting down to read George Murray’s seventh collection of poetry, aptly titled Diversion, I found myself entering a world of one-off lines, aphorisms and clever hashtag titles (such...
Review by Will Preston The Gods of Tango by Carolina de Robertis Penguin Random House Available May 17, 2016 It’s 1913, and Buenos Aires is a picture of bedlam. Exploding with an influx of immigrants, the city is a...
Interview by James W. Wood Albert F. Moritz (A.F. Moritz) is the author of 20 books of poetry. He has received the Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the ReLit Award (for Night Street...
Review by Wendy Bone Born Out of This Christine Lowther Caitlin Press, 2014 “I’ve been stamped both ‘nature girl’ and punk rocker,” writes Christine Lowther in her memoir, Born Out of This. “Like other writers, I’m industrious and rebellious,...
Interview by Kyle McKillop What befalls the outsider? Poet, novelist, and short story writer George McWhirter has often examined the newcomer and outsider and how they manage in an unfamiliar or disdainful society. McWhirter’s first-ever published story, “The Extinction...
Review by Carly Rosalie Vandergriendt Breakneck Nelly Arcan Jacob Homel, translation Anvil Press, 2015 First published in French as À ciel ouvert in 2007, Breakneck is the last of Québécoise writer Nelly Arcan’s body of work to be translated into...
Review by Geoffrey Nilson Riffs Dennis Lee Brick Books Classics, 2015 The diversity of Dennis Lee’s writing can be daunting. From the Governor General’s Award winning philosophical inquiry of Civil Elegies to the experimental polyphony of his most recent...
Review by K.C. Novak Wanda Sykes JFL Northwest Comedy Festival, Vancouver February 18-27, 2016 The regal nature of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre was relieved of its pomp with only two hanging banners narrowing the colossal stage. There was one...
Review by Esther Griffin Designated Mourner by Catherine Owen ECW Press Catherine Owen’s latest book of poetry, Designated Mourner, is an elegy to her partner, who died suddenly at the age of 29 after his drug use led to...