Plus so much more: a Joe Rosenblatt poem, chat on the Griffin and books and weird people and a good Netgalley review and being number one and also Trisia reads two poems and we guffaw mightily! Enjoy ..read more

On happy international women’s day! Joanna reads her poem Gyre, we talk grief, the environment, hauntings, language, colonialism, aging as a woman, being a penurious artist and the power of community. I also read some positive responses to my home arts salon episode and a poem by a long dead Canadian woman poet. Celebrate! And enjoy outlaws ..read more

Plus a reading of an Anne Stevenson poem, a 1958 list of what Canadian poetry is by Ralph Gustafson, a rant against Net Galley (not gallery!) reviews, an intro in which I talk book merch and express gratitude for Marrow review response THEN a recitation of an Elizabeth Brewster poem and snippet of discussion from Wyoming prof Tim McGee, then EB’s bio, memory and poem. Enjoy ..read more

This question is answered by historical websites and Canadian creators and myself with my personal experiences and general tips. It’s fun! Also a poem by Alice Oswald and a few poetry-based rants. Enjoy ..read more

My usual aural collage of bits of her reading Penelope from the Six Toronto Poets album in 1955, bio stuff, excerpts from a 1984 CBC tribute featuring letters from Alan Crawley, a snippet of her prose and me reading Still Life. Plus an intro on emotion, rejection, acknowledgments and reading freakishly in front of Walmart. Enjoy ..read more

In which I chat about podcast and text recommendations amid my minor grimness then, after an author bio and book intro, interview the spunky and brilliant Sonja from Toronto. She reads two segments from her long Mobius poem (in Monitoring Station), and we rap about gardening, science, grandparenting, community composition, reading voraciously, translation and the pandemic. It’s full of laughs! Truly. Enjoy ..read more

With bio, memories, bits n pieces, personal encounters, prose and two poems, one recited by him and one by me. And first, I rant and rave about anthology editors, the need for higher paying review jobs, and why we need to always be renewing our risk relationship to our art. Enjoy! And rest in fierceness Brian ..read more

1931-2012. Intro on blurbs and Plath. Then Macpherson’s bio, a bit from Tanis MacDonald on finding her plaque and house, obit, scholarly stuff, the Frye School, Atwood remembers and before and after I read two of her poems then at the end (following a random ad!) you can hear Jay herself reading Whale from 1957’s The Boatman. Enjoy ..read more

Mostly 2010 (edited by Lorna Crozier) vs 2024 (selected by Bardia Sinaee). I include review excerpts, comparisons and contrasts relating to intros, formats, bios, notes, style etc and end by reading my poem White Sale from 2010 and Carolyn Smart’s piece Ashes from 2024. My raspy cold-gritty voice goes in and out of rough but at least I don’t cough! Enjoy ..read more

Called Turning Back. The profiteering government/aka the dangers of high winds forced the evacuation of a trailer park in 2021-22 in Laugarvatn. What’s left? I find a nest. Recite a creek lyric. I heard a fly buzz when I did not yet die. Enjoy ..read more