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November 26, 2011
November poetry reviews
My November poetry review column is online: read it in the Winnipeg Free Press. Books reviewed: Jumping in the Asylum by Patrick Friesen Alert to Glory by Sally Ito Groundwork by Amanda Jernigan Seen of the Crime by Derek Beaulieu
November 18, 2011
Unintentional Comedy
Union correspondence: "Every 2-3 years AESES provides its members with a Member Appreciation Gift."
November 12, 2011
Interview with Kris Bone
This interview was conducted by Kris Bone, a student at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. To begin with, in light of having written a collection of impossible-to-produce plays, what is your opinion on the state of theatre being produced today? Where, in general, do you think theatre is headed over the next few years? Clockfire [...]
November 10, 2011
"Is winter my country": Bowering's Kanada
This essay appears in Open Letter 14.4 (2010), and in an earlier form in Jacket 28 (2005). "Canadian literature will not understand this novel" (132) says George Bowering in A Short Sad Book. Says George Bowering the character in A Short Sad Book written by George Bowering. Only a few sentences in and already I [...]
October 31, 2011
Poems in PHANTOM DRIFT
Thrilled to announce some of my poetry appears in the first issue of Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism. Two poems ("In Vitro City" and "Lost (a found poem)") share space with poetry, fiction, and non-fiction by a host of other authors, including the illustrious Richard Crow. Check out their website, pick up a [...]
October 25, 2011
What Facebook is good for….
Learning about awesome stuff like this: Derek Beaulieu posted on your Wall. "one of my students has just sealed a copy of EX MACHINA in a paint bucket full of concrete emblazoned with a brass plaque that reads "the book will go on without you", and is planning to sink it to the bottom of [...]
October 23, 2011
OCT Poetry Reviews
This month, for the Winnipeg Free Press, I reviewed new poetry books by David McGimpsey and Kevin McPherson Eckhoff, alongside translations of Louise Dupre and Louise Cotnoir by Erin Moure and Oana Avasilichioaei, respectively.
Review of new Atwood book, In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination
I reviewed Margaret Atwood's new book for the Winnipeg Free Press. The book is a non-fiction collection called In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination.
October 14, 2011
Marathon of Dope, the Bee Gees, Rap and Jokes
Winnipeg label MARATHON OF DOPE is putting out some outstanding Hip-Hop these days. And for free (although you should donate to support the label). I'm obsessed with the new Pip Skid album (SKID ROW) and also like this new Speed Dial 7 album. Here's a killer track featuring Yy … check out the sample at [...]
October 11, 2011
Gregory Betts on CLOCKFIRE
The reviews for CLOCKFIRE just keep getting better and better, which is surprising since the book has been out for a year now (and I no longer expect any reviews, let alone great ones). Maybe the best one yet: Betts completely got where I was coming from with the book, over at The Bull Calf [...]
