Inward to the Bones: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Journey with Emily Carr

In her third volume of poetry, award-winning writer Kate Braid brings together two painters, Georgia O’Keeffe and Emily Carr, and takes them on a journey of the imagination. Braid was intrigued by a brief meeting ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Vanilla Gorilla

By William New, Vivian Bevis, illus.

The title of this first collection of children’s poetry sums it up: food, animals, and whimsy take centre stage. Vanilla Gorilla is a mix of nonsense verse, family life poems, and a lone haiku. A ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Hard Light

By Michael Crummey

Michael Crummey’s Hard Light is a brave and ambitious follow up to Crummey’s first book, the award-winning Arguments with Gravity. Rather than attempting to repeat what made Arguments with Gravity an impressive, eclectic collection of ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Questions About the Stars

By Robyn Sarah

Robyn Sarah’s new collection of poetry is the work of a mature writer, confident in her craft and material. In finely nuanced poems of middle age – “Here I am…/ in the middle of my ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Uncivilizing

By Caroline Davidson et al.,Jennifer Footman, ed.

In the editor’s introduction, Jennifer Footman makes a distinction between Uncivilizing and other contemporary poetry anthologies that herald the arrival of “new and exciting” writers (usually poets under 30 or those not-yet-known). In contrast, Footman ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

Selected Poems: 1978-1997

By Patrick Lane

In this 20-year retrospective of Patrick Lane’s work, readers are given a selection that tends toward sentimental morbidity at its most poetic. While he is celebrated for his pioneering work in West Coast poetry circles ... Read More »