Writings / Reviews: George Elliott Clarke
Poetry, Fiction, Historical Crime, Comics and Scholarly Reviews
Her Red Hair Rises with the Wings of Insects
by Catherine Graham and Richard Greene
Hamilton, ON: Wolsak & Wynn, 2013
$17
The surnames of poets Catherine Graham and Richard...
Writings / Reviews: Candace Fertile
Poetry Reviews
Invisible Dogs
by Barry Dempster,
London, ON: Brick Books, 2013
96 pp, $20
Barry Dempster’s fourteenth collection of poetry, Invisible Dogs, is a sensual look at love and aging in clear language that addresses the complexities o...
Writings / Reviews: Janet Nicol
Historical Crime and Fiction Reviews
The Lynching of Peter Wheeler
by Debra Komar
Fredericton, NB:Goose Lane, 2014
346 pp, $19.95
Debra Komar, a former forensic anthropologist, illuminates Canada’s past once again in her second historical true c...
Writings / Reviews: Andrew MacDonald
Fiction Review
Savage Love
by Douglas Glover
Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 2014
264pp, $29.95
I've been writing and reading in Canada for over a decade, and while I don't claim to be an expert on our national literature, it is rare...
Writings / Reviews: Reid McCarter
Nonfiction Review
Where Bears Roam the Streets: A Russian Journal
by Jeff Parker
Toronto, ON: HarperCollins, 2014
272 pp. $29.99
“Every Russia story tends to fall into the stereotype of Russians are crazy! or Russians are scary! Once you’d spe...