When the day is nearly done, a review of Timed Radiance, by Donna Langevin
Reviewed by Louise Carson Timed Radiance, by Donna Langevin (Aeolus House, 2022). There are many examples of fine language in this collection of poems that have (mostly) been written as a summation of one poet’s long life. So, I’ll be presenting a lot of quotes. The first one comes from the first poem ‘Even with…
Read MoreTrying to be the tree: a review of somewhere still in wind the tree is bending by Bob MacKenzie
Reviewed by Louise Carson somewhere still in wind the tree is bending Silver Bow Publishing, 201882 pages, $20.00ISBN: 9781927616758 The tree is on the front cover, a weathered and twisted bonsai-shaped thing, growing out of rock. The title slows me right down; is why I chose to review the book. And you know, at this…
Read MoreWelcome to my nightmare: A review of Hell-Box by Peter Taylor
Reviewed by Louise Carson Hell-BoxFrog Hollow Press, 202025 pagesISBN: 9781926948997 As the first note at the end of this chapbook explains, “A hell-box is a receptacle for damaged or discarded type.” As a title for anything, Hell-Box rocks. And it hints that the contents will be wildly assorted. They are. But the voice of Peter…
Read MoreSnapshots: Review of The Negation of Chronology: Imagining Geraldine Moodie, by Rebecca Luce-Kapler
Reviewed by Louise Carson The Negation of Chronology: Imagining Geraldine Moodie, Rebecca Luce-Kapler (Inanna, 2020). I knew after I’d read the forward, that I’d be interested in the material covered by Rebecca Luce-Kapler in The Negation of Chronology. I’d just finished reading Molly Peacock’s Flower Diary, a biography of American/Canadian painter Mary Hiester Reid…
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