Nightstand – Leafing through a little darkness

Nightstand – Leafing through a little darkness

Nightstand – Leafing through a little darkness by Berdene Owen Synopsis Nightstand is that gentle turn toward light as darkness settles in. These poems reach for the world with restless curiosity as they wrest meaning from books piled high on a bedside table....
No Sound is Dissonant – Poems of Hearing and Seeing

No Sound is Dissonant – Poems of Hearing and Seeing

No Sound is Dissonant – Poems of Hearing and Seeing by Anthony Purdy Synopsis These fourteen poems of hearing and seeing discover surprising complexities as they listen to a range of sounds – including music and human voices – captured in nature, and trace their...
Short Takes – My seven-week career in the film biz

Short Takes – My seven-week career in the film biz

Short Takes – My seven-week career in the film biz by Catherine Walker Synopsis In the summer of 1980, just out of university, a young woman lands a seven-week gig as a production assistant on a feature film shooting in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton. (Spoiler alert:...
Mining the Quiet – Twelve Poems

Mining the Quiet – Twelve Poems

Mining the Quiet – twelve poems by Tara G. Harris Synopsis Mining the Quiet: twelve poems explores occupation and absence in a remote boomtown turned ghost town. It describes the experience of being left behind after industry moves out. … Read Alison...
Overworld Exigencies – Poems

Overworld Exigencies – Poems

Overworld Exigencies – Poems by Logan Kennedy Synopsis Just living is a mental health challenge. It’s also beautiful. These poems consider the requirements of walking the earth, in memory of those who have gone beneath it. … Artwork by Jean Gaudin Book...