Usually open mics work amazingly well considering the number of people involved. There’s a lot of good will and support for people who take the risk of sharing a bit of their work or themselves. Usually most people stay through the open mic after reading through courtesy even if too nervous to hear anything from […]
Author Archives: Pearl
Hot Off the Press
Look what’s popped up. I look forward to reading all of these. Notes from Gethsemani by Phil Hall Poetry/essay, and The Ends by Jen Currin Poetry 36 pp [No poems were burned in the making of this picture.] Notes launched 10 days ago on East Pender. From Currin’s “To Steal Your Bells and Red Animals” […]
Danielle K.L. Gregoire
Did you miss last night’s show? Versefest Hall of Honouree: Danielle K.L. Gregoire on Literary Landscape was talking with me about Versefest, Steve Sauvé, Manitoba legacy, doing comedy vs. poetry, and making a difference where you are.
95 Books for 2014
It’s not in the read order yet because books travel around the house. Road Trip River Voices: Canada Liminal: A Travelogue of Longing Across Two Continents by Lynne Pearl (Snell, 2013) The format isn’t the vogue with all lines starting with upper case and running continuously instead of each page getting a poem, but past […]
Asemic
Raggedy Lang Been meaning to get this down in pixels.