I made an infographic map of haiku and related forms. Some influenced haiku or were influenced by, some derived from, some share a common ancestor of ancient Chinese court poetry. It’s a projection map where haiku is large and central because it is a map of haiku. If tanka were the centre or concrete poetry […]
Author Archives: Pearl
Literary Landscapes Upcoming
I’m back hosting more poets at Literary Landscape on June 4 with Rachel Eugster who has a fringefest play Whose Aemelia? about medieval poet, Aemelia Lanyer. June 25th is with Bren Simmers of Hastings-Sunrise. July 16th I’m talking with Rita Wong about her new book undercurrent (Nightwood, 2015). Also, we’re rattling the bushes for sound bites of memories of 18 […]
Round Up
AllLitUp haas posted a Writer’s Block Interview with me today. Check it out. Oh, all the albums of events — A B Series, photos from Authors from Indies Day at Beechwood, photos from Writers Fest, spring 2015, from Tree’s 35th anniversary party readings, from BookThug launches, from old computer of West Fest and writers fest […]
Blogging a Voice
If you never risk speaking in public, to a public, then you may feel safe in your practice, but you may also feel alone and anonymous and mute. You might also not have a critical voice. It’s like not voting. And if you don’t vote you’re a hypocrite to complain about the outcome. If you […]
A B Series, Literary Landscape, Literary Landscape, Prose in the Park
This Thursday the 14th I’ll be reading with BC poet Colin Browne. That will be at 8pm at Ottawa Art Gallery Arts Court. Of course I understand if you want to go to David Dollin’s celebration of life instead. I have no plans to read my own material in Ottawa again until Sawdust in December. […]