periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics

Recently on periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics: new poetry by brandy ryan, Nicholas Power (for John Barlow), D.A. Lockhart, Czandra/Sandra Stephenson (for John Barlow), Jane Shi, Catriona Strang, Joanne Arnott (for John Barlow), Lillian Nećakov (for John Barlow), Craig Carpenter (for Roy Miki), Mari-Lou Rowley, Yaxkin Melchy Ramos (translated by Ryan Greene), Penn Kemp, Gary Barwin, Martin Corless-Smith, ryan fitzpatrick, Aakriti Kuntal and Scott Ferry, Charlie Petch, Jason Heroux and Dag T. Straumsvåg ; reviews of work by Katie Naughton (by Geoffrey Nilson), Christine McNair (by Kim Fahner), Susan Rich (by Kim Fahner), Klara du Plessis (by Alan Read), Isabelle Courteau (by Jérôme Melançon), Agnes Walsh (by Kim Fahner), Joyelle McSweeney (by rob mclennan), Dyane Léger (by Jérôme Melançon) and Hollay Ghadery (by Kim Fahner) ; rob mclennan interviews Alice Burdick (with a further interview with Manahil Bandukwala to post in about thirty minutes or so, both of which relate to this month's VERSeFEST mini-festival), Joelle Barron in conversation with Jes Battis ; Stan Rogal interviews rob mclennan ; Michael Sikkema interviews Eric Lindley and Joe Milazzo ; Michael Sikkema interviews Adam Stutz ; rob mclennan interviews David O'Meara ; J-T Kelly interviews Buck Downs ; Stan Rogal interviews Stuart Ross ; 

Conal Smiley, Mckenzie Strath, Ian FitzGerald, Vik Shirley, Scott Inniss and Gil McElroy each write on their recent above/ground press chapbooks ; Residency Reports by Anna Quon, Leah Horlick (from the Calgary Distinguished Writers’ Program), K.I. Press (Banff's Summer Residency Program) and Cassidy McFadzean (Sheridan College's CW&P Writer-in-Residence) ; nathan dueck on Sarah Klassen ; a sequence of review-essays by Kevin Spenst ; Blaine Marchand on Catherine Ahearn, Ottawa's (and Canada's) first municipal poet laureate ; rob mclennan on John Barlow ; Karen Shenfeld on Goran Simic ; Phinder Dulai on Roy Miki ; Notes from the Field by Winston Lê ; Kate Rogers on Poetry of Witness ; Thom Eichelberger-Young on Joan Retallack ;

folio : Three from Viscera: Eight Voices from Poland, edited by Mark Tardi, with statements and poems by Maria Cyranowicz (translated from the Polish by Małgorzata Myk), Hanna Janczak (translated from the Polish by Katarzyna Szuster-Tardi) and Anna Adamowicz (translated from the Polish by Lynn Suh); Anne K Yoder: on MEEKLING PRESS ; Briony Collins on Atomic Bohemian ; Mary Meriam on Headmistress Press ; David Wojciechowski on Postcard ; Rob MacDonald on Sixth Finch Books ; allison calvern on Robert Gibbs ; further pieces in Stan Rogal's ongoing REPORT FROM THE DEAD POETS’ SOCIETY ; "Process Notes," curated by Maw Shein Win, by Kathleen McClung, David Koehn, Chris Stroffolino, Terry Tierney and Blas Falconer  ;

with forthcoming poems, essays and reviews by: Jérôme Melançon, Luciana Erregue-Sacchi, daniel barbiero, Kim Fahner, J-T Kelly, Brook Houglum and Kevin Spenst (among plenty of others)

and a reminder: periodicities is open to submissions of previously unpublished poetry-related reviews, interviews and essays. We are also seeking pieces (essays/interviews etc) on the Canadian long poem! please send submissions as .doc with author biography to periodicityjournal (at) gmail.com

For the time being, submissions of previously unpublished poetry will be by solicitation-only, with the exception of translated works (which you should very much send along! please send translations!).

ALSO: periodicities is seeking essays in its #FirstRealPoets series, a series originally prompted by Canadian poet Zane Koss, who wrote on first encountering Stuart Ross. Who was the first real poet you ever encountered in the flesh? How did that encounter shape your approach to poetry? How does that poet make poetry a possibility for people who might not otherwise see themselves as poets? We hope to read essays about real poets' poets. The poets who might not get the critical recognition they deserve but are nonetheless important community-creating figures who welcome and encourage new voices.

ALSO: periodicities is seeking essays in its #reconsiderations series; essays on a particular older book by another poet, a series originally prompted by Ken Norris, who wrote a piece on Michael Ondaatje's Rat Jelly.

periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics,
founded March 2020
edited and lovingly maintained by rob mclennan
built as a curious extension of above/ground press (b. July 9, 1993