A brief note on Pickton
When listening to the CBC this morning it was hard to hear a debate on whether it would be money well spent on an inquiry into the official handling of the Pickton case. Discrimination was at the heart of the Pickton debacle to begin with and here it is again.
Surely if this [...]
Alien, Correspondent
I’m not sure if it is my ignorance or his low profile (a combination of both?) but up until yesterday I hadn’t heard of Antony Di Nardo, a poet in his sixties who has published two books simultaneously this year: Alien Correspondent (Brick Books) and Soul on Standby (Exile Editions.) Perhaps as a poet laureate [...]
Renee Norman’s Book Launch
Renee Norman is launching her new book on June 17th at the Jewish Community Centre art gallery at 4pm. 950 West 41st. There will refreshments and special guests.
In this third collection of poetry, Renee Norman inhabits Martha Quest, Doris Lessing’s autobiographical protagonist from her Martha Quest series of novels, like a spirit, [...]
