the third issue of seventeen seconds: a journal of poetry + poetics is now online,

the third issue of seventeen seconds: a journal of poetry + poetics
is now online at http://www.ottawater.com/seventeenseconds/

the third issue includes:

Poets Against Authorship - by Gregory Betts

Sessions from the Dream House Aria - by Amanda Earl

A Second Time Around: a conversation between rob mclennan and Stephanie Bolster - by rob mclennan

An Inter(im) (re?)view With Pearl Pirie- by Sean Moreland

Massifs - by Judith Copithorne

Ancient Maps 5 - by Judith Copithorne

Fleur 14 - by Judith Copithorne

Feild 8 - by Judith Copithorne

Field 13 - by Judith Copithorne

Field 32 - by Judith Copithorne

Field 34 - by Judith Copithorne

An irresponsible act of imaginative license #1: kevin mcpherson eckhoff’s Rhapsodomancy - by Derek Beaulieu

An irresponsible act of imaginative license #2: Bob Cobbing’s GLOUP and WOUP - by Derek Beaulieu

An irresponsible act of imaginative license #3: Greg Curnoe’s Deeds/Abstracts - by Derek Beaulieu

seventeen seconds: a journal of poetry and poetics comes out as the natural extension of the eight issues of Poetics.ca [archived here] edited by rob mclennan and Stephen Brockwell. Highlighting the diversity of voice, style, practice and politic, seventeen seconds continues the resolve to provide a forum for dialogue on contemporary poetics, with a focus on Canadian writing. Over the past two decades, the amount of critical writing published in print literary journals on Canadian poetry, specifically, seems to have decreased dramatically, but slowly returned through a number of online journals. seventeen seconds simply wishes to help strengthen the dialogue and the ongoing conversation about writing through publishing new writing, and conversation about new writing. How else are we supposed to learn anything, unless we keep talking?

Feedback and submission queries are most welcome.

rob mclennan, editor
Roland Prevost, managing editor