16% of the completed books or chapbooks were chapbooks. All averaged to 139 pages, a total of 23,800 pages. 64% was poetry. Of the 30% not poetry, the largest categories were novels, memoirs, then science and essays. 43% male, 44% female, 13% multiple authors or non-binary. Non-binary-authored:4 out of 5, male-authored I ranked 35 out […]
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Books and Chapbooks read in 2016, part 2
Futher micronotes on what I completed in 2016. Taxi Cab Voice, an arrangement for Bill Hawkins by Neil Flowers (above/ground, 2016) — I liked the title poem Returning Two (Judith Copithorn, 1972) in search of the perfect loaf: a home baker’s odyssey by Samuel Fromartz (Viking/Penguin, 2014) — extensively obsessively researched, and such enthusiasm is […]
Books and Chapbooks read in 2016, part 1
Funny, some knock you flat like the roadrunner beeping thru and you recall nothing later. Others stick with you like a sea anemone on a ocean snail. Particularly Recommended in bold A Profession of Hope: Farming on the Edge of Grizzly Trail by Jenna Butler (Wolsak & Wynn, 2015) — gives a look at how […]
fw: Ottawa Poetry workshops
take a workshop with rob mclennan A spot or two left. Upstairs at The Carleton Tavern, 223 Armstrong Street (at Parkdale). The workshops are scheduled for Sunday afternoons, 2-4:30pm: August 28; September 11, 18 + 25; October 2 + 16. $200 for 6 sessions. The course will focus on workshopping writing of the participants, as […]
Framework: Words on the land 2016
Reading and Conversation with 10 Writers at Fieldwork. Featuring: Natale Ghent, Katherine Graham, John K. Grande, Helen Humphreys, Jonathan Kaplansky, Monty Reid, Sandra Ridley, John Steffler, Alissa York and Pearl Pirie. August 21st. 3-5 PM. 2501 Old Brooke Rd. (The barn across the road from Fieldwork). Watching the Art installations in the fields, the field […]