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ix. So the heart breaks Into small shadows Almost so random They are meaningless Like a diamond Has at the center of it a diamond Or a rock ...

A reading by American poet Lea Graham, with opening readings by Ottawa writers Jennifer Mulligan & rob mclennan; Friday, January 9, 2009...

Ever since he was a child, he knew he was meant to learn how to ride the tiger, like Durga. He is not a Hindu – much less a shaman. In deep ...

Love like flash light in a subway tunnel where the train ain’t gonna go no more. One of the first books published by Vancouver’s CUE Books (...

Kate and I came down to my parent's farm in eastern Ontario on December 23rd for our big get-together on the afternoon of the following ...

Lately I've been rereading Robert Kroetsch , wondering how to get back to that point I once was, writing notes for a sad phoenician. Wha...

I recently picked up a copy of New writing , eds. Malcolm Bradbury and Judy Cooke (London England: Minerva , 1992) at a thrift store for all...

[ jwcurry and b stephen harding at Pubwells during recent drinks] Will we see you at The Peter F. Yacht Club Christmas party/reading ? Di...

After seeing Amanda Earl’s post on same yesterday , I have decided to respond to city editorial editor Ken Gray’s piece in The Ottawa Citize...

I’ve always been partial to the Laurier Poetry Series, produced by Wilfred Laurier University Press , a series of critical selecteds, somewh...

So now we are writing letters. The question on my mind this morning has to do with how we negotiate this task of lettering. ( Patrick Pritc...

This interview was conducted from November to December 2008 Roger Farr is the author of SURPLUS (Line Books, 2006), a co-author (with Reg ...

New York NY: I recently got a copy of the twentieth issue of Fence Magazine in the mail, with a cover image of President-elect Barack Obam...

Baffled King Collage What if the things we fear are Leonard Cohen covers, or coats made of chagrin, well worn and inintentionally the right ...