Gary Barwin is a writer, composer, multimedia artist, and the author of 20 books of poetry and fiction as well as books for kids. His most recent books are the short fiction collection, I, Dr Greenblatt, Orthodontist, 251-1457 (Anvil) and the poetry collections, Moon Baboon Canoe (Mansfield), and The Wild and Unfathomable Always (Xexoxial). Yiddish […]
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“Serial Killers” by Kathryn Mockler
Kathryn Mockler is the author of the poetry books The Purpose Pitch (Mansfield Press, “a stuart ross book,” Spring 2015), The Saddest Place on Earth (DC Books, 2012), and Onion Man (Tightrope Books, 2011). Her writing has been published in The Butter, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Found Press, Geist, and This Magazine. Currently, she is the […]
Interview with Armand Garnet Ruffo
Armand Garnet Ruffo draws on his Ojibway heritage for his writing. In 2014, his creative biography Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing Into Thunderbird appeared with Douglas & McIntyre. In 2015, The Thunderbird Poems, poems based on the paintings of the artist, was published by Harbour Publishing. He currently lives in Kingston and teaches at Queen’s University. […]
The Harp or a Lyre
From the bench we bit Our tongues until sharp; In despair we hit The lyre and a harp. On the stump you thumb Your nose at our choir. Out of spite you strum The harp or a lyre. Nathan Dueck‘s latest book is he’ll.
IF YOU DIE IN CANADA THEN YOU DIE IN REAL LIFE
The Ottawa level boss has one weakness: his hair The myth says until it is shorn the black temple shall stand He shall slay the green dragon He shall cast darkness over the waters He shall kill a thousand men with the jawbone of a beaver He shall offer tax incentives for mineral exploration With […]
“for play” — a poem by Kayla Czaga
Kayla Czaga is the author of For Your Safety Please Hold On (Nightwood Editions, 2014), which won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the Debut-litzer. Her chapbook, Enemy of the People, is published by Anstruther Press. You can follow her on twitter @kaylaczaga. Photo credit: Janet […]
In a Jar
for Tony Burgess (again) In a jar and the latrine intended to the Terror through the lack must be in a jar and kept by ready force the Terror she placed in a jar be listening be more be lated be behind major fields of those hacked to pieces of the carefully placed one more […]
Nicole Brossard: The Idea of a Landscape (Interview)
After a bit of digging, I discovered more material that I didn’t use in the interview with Nicole Brossard that I published in dANDelion and re-published here. So, here are the “DVD extras” from the previously posted interview, published here for the first time. The first paragraph here was published in the original interview as part […]
Nicole Brossard on Translation and the Landscape of Possible Thoughts (Interview)
Nicole Brossard is a poet, novelist and essayist who has published more than thirty books since 1965, including These Our Mothers, Lovhers, Mauve Desert and Baroque at Dawn. She co-founded La Barre du Jour and La Nouvelle Barre du Jour, two important literary journals in Quebec. She has won two Governor General’s Awards for poetry, […]
Alek Rzeszowski on “Dancing in the Club” (Interview)
Alek Rzeszowski is a Polish-born director, actor, editor and composer who has established himself as the affordable all-rounder in the independent Canadian movie scene. He brings his experience to bear developing new outlets for auteurs in film, television and the web. I met Alek on my first day of university, back in 1998, and we […]