Tonight on Literary Landscape: Rory McIvor, a 3rd year student from the University of Edinburgh, will be talking about Robbie Burns. It’s Robbie Burns Day on the 25th. McIvor’s studying History and Politics at Carleton as part of the International Exchange Programme. Originally from Northern Ireland, McIvor has developed an understanding and appreciation of Scottish […]
Category Archives: Poetics
Interviews with Ottawa-area writers
Pearl Pirie where I talk about projects and armageddon. Amanda Earl talking about influences and sample her poetry. Claudia Coutu Radmore, politics and art. Kimberley Dawkins and her visual art. Adam Thomlison from the beginning. Thanks Liana! There are more videos of artist and writer interviews done by Liana Voia here including half hour with […]
Garden: November Unit
I was happy to do the design on Monty Reid‘s Garden: November Unit (Sidereal Press, 2013). It’s an edition of 100 which you can get from him. Here’s one of the dozen poems in there: 1. November Presence is the ghost of snow. The dog of frost chews its bone. On an old black walnut […]
On Sharing Your Work
Fictionalized generic statement: I’m working on an idea but I can’t tell you any of it. It’s too new, too unfinished. Fair enough. Getting a handle on. Talking it through might illuminate but maybe verbalizing it all out is just how I think. Fictionalized generic statement: I’m making some poems but just trust me on […]
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