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Do It Wrong: How to be a Poet in the Twenty-first Century by Derek Beaulieu (Assembly Press, 2026), Best Canadian Poetry 2025 edited by Mary Dalton (Biblioasis, 2025), and Sincerely Katherine: Life, Gender, Inclusivity and Leadership for the Future by Katherine Dudtschak (Page Two, 2026).

Have you noticed how cooking and editing are comically ill-at-odds with each other? Did you know ravioli is edible after being cooked for at least 25 minutes and fried for the last few? *le sigh* I have poems up at Thinking About Strawberries All the Time. Did I mention the Griffin Prize wants feedback? I […]

There’s a folio of 45 Ottawa poets up at Periodicities. 2 of my poems are included, “memento vivis” and “a placebo science” which are ghazal or ghazal adjacent. Don’t miss Michelle Desbarats‘ and Sarah Kabamba‘s and Tamsyn Farr‘s while you’re there. Ooh, and Cameron has a book of essays coming out this fall. Word from […]

I used to do a lot of blog reading. I don’t seem to anymore so I don’t do blog roundups like I used to. icymi, the registration is on for the Haiku Canada Conference at Queen’s university is in May. The schedule and accommodations are up. https://www.haikucanada.org/conferences/hcwe.php?page=hcwe&lang=en How to Write Bad Haiku by Kris Lindbeck. […]

As I mentioned I aim to write 1 review for every 10 titles read, whether that is a 16-page title or 1000 page title. I have read 60 titles this year (10 of those are re-reads) and have 12 reviews out, or forthcoming. although, 3 of those I wrote last year and there was a […]