Review by Robert Colman The Witch of the Inner Wood M. Travis Lane Goose Lane Editions, 2016 M. Travis Lane has had a long and distinguished poetry career in Canada. Hers may not be quite the household name as...
Review by Kyla Jamieson even this page is white by Vivek Shraya Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016 Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist Vivek Shraya’s impressive body of work includes multiple albums, films, and books. Her debut novel, She of the Mountains, was...
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 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,...
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 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...
Review by Jessica Torrens In A Time of No Song By Jeff Bien Exile Editions, 2015 In this abundant volume of free verse, and his previous collection, A Taste of Creation, Jeff Bien works a rapturous magic by pushing...
Review by Amber McMillan Regeneration Machine Joe Denham Nightwood Editions, 2015 Joe Denham is a fisherman and carpenter living on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, and Regeneration Machine is his third book of poetry. Denham is not a poet churning...
by Matthew Walsh The Polymers Adam Dickinson House of Anansi, 2013 Adam Dickinson’s most recent collection, The Polymers, is a fierce book of poetry. Inventive with language and form, it doesn’t shy away from a poetic experiment. Dickinson’s collection...