Contemporary Canadian
Contemporary Canadian literature, primarily things published in the last 5 years by a Canadian author, or older, but relevant to current times
Rob Taylor, Weather
But I’ll say this much: I wouldn’t put so much of myself into my reviews if it weren’t for Rob Taylor putting himself into his verse.
The Baggage Handlers, The Suitcase Poem
This is something only Canadian small press poetry could produce. The baggage handlers.
Dominique Fortier, Les villes de papier
Fortier’s Les villes de papier is expertly crafted, the vignettes enthrallingly curated, and the impact of the story comprehensively calculated for maximum effect.
Ilona Martonfi, Wilde Rozen
I am left with only one impression from my first impression: it is time to read more Ilona Martonfi.
Sheryl Halpern, An Argument Against Jumping Off a Balcony
Halpern's poetry is addicting to read, evocatively sincere, knowing and novel.
Lillian Nećakov, 3¢ Pulp
For a book so brief and light to the touch, it nearly brings a tear to my eye just to hold it and read quietly in my apartment’s warm and cozy solitude of afternoon weekend silence.
Jessi MacEachern, Television Poems
The thing MacEachern gets about ekphrasis and TV is that these poems work like easter eggs: if you’ve seen it, know it, and then read the corresponding poem, it can be a portal of discovery.
Alice Burdick, I Am So Calm
Alice Burdick is simply masterful.
Claire Sherwood, Eat Your Words
It’s a cure-all, it’s a catch-all, it’s an everything bagel, but the everything is kitchen lore, and the bagel is Montreal-style.
Simon Peter Eggertsen, Hawking Comes Close to Finding God
It’s rare to witness the emergence of a writer such as Eggertsen in any time period, in any country, in any lifetime.
