I’ll be out of province until the end of the month or so, but posts will continue here in my absence on a reduced schedule, every second day or so. I’m probably offline, so I won’t be responding to comments. P.S. Robert Peake says poetry’s negative capability teaches transferable life lessons of how to relieve […]
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Reading Gustafson's Tracks in the Snow
I think Gustafson had me At the Cliff’s Edge. p. 33 when he said “the rake/and noonhour leaned against the wall.” Scalp tingles. That pays attention to the world keenly. p. 9 of Ralph Gustafson‘s Tracks in the Snow, (Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan, 1994) I love how he presents. There are slow turns that balance each […]
Reading Echo Localial
Opening page of Natalie Simpson’s Echo Localial (Edits All Over, 2008) The poems don’t come unpacked. More Ikea model than Leon’s. Clint Burnham said of the book from 2 years before this chapbook, “Simpson is interested in whether words still communicate when shorn of their grammar. Her book is evidence that they do, and the […]
Sounds from the Lit Landscape
Ottawa’s literary interview radio show on CKCU has a rotation of 4 hosts: Christine McNair, David O’Meara, Kate Hunt and Neil Wilson. McNair has made a Literary Landscapes Archives of interview shows she did starting in November 09. So far there’s audio of Kate Hall, Johanna Skibsru, Spencer Gorden, myself, Sandra Ridley, Jennifer Londry and […]
July 16 Reading
The July 16th reading will be a treat. It will be a night above/ground at the Carleton Tavern (upstairs). Three from among my favorite people and poets will be reading: Marilyn Irwin, Cameron Anstee (a Hot Ottawa Voice for 2010) and Marcus McCann (of Soft Where). If you can make it, it’d be worthwhile. Tune […]