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Poetry

The Mennonite Madonna

By Diane Driedger

Much of the poetry currently issued in Canada is the product of small presses, whose efforts and commitment to publishing new poets often goes largely unnoticed in the mainstream media.Each of these debut volumes, published ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Her Absence, This Wanderer

By Rachel Zolf

Much of the poetry currently issued in Canada is the product of small presses, whose efforts and commitment to publishing new poets often goes largely unnoticed in the mainstream media.Each of these debut volumes, published ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Strong in My Skin

By Jennifer Frankum

Much of the poetry currently issued in Canada is the product of small presses, whose efforts and commitment to publishing new poets often goes largely unnoticed in the mainstream media.Each of these debut volumes, published ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Law of Return

By Karen Shenfeld

Much of the poetry currently issued in Canada is the product of small presses, whose efforts and commitment to publishing new poets often goes largely unnoticed in the mainstream media.Each of these debut volumes, published ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Under the Abdominal Wall

By Sharon McCartney

Childhood, in West Coast resident Sharon McCartney’s debut collection of poetry, is the memory of illness and death. Little prepares the reader for the narrator’s vitriolic images. Everything is underscored by the menace of cancer ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Debriefing the Rose

By Mary di Michele

In her new collection, Montreal poet Mary di Michele explores how we can often feel a stronger connection to writers or artists of the past than to people in the present. Di Michele effortlessly travels ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry