Reticent Bodies, by Moez Surani Reviewed by Ingrid Ruthig New poetry collections lacking craft yet overripe with irony and self-regard are, sadly, ubiquitous. Conversely, those that do not trigger a chorus of snores or complaints are few and far … Continue reading
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Review: I Can Still Draw
I can still draw, by Heather Spears Reviewed by Ingrid Ruthig With the release of her twelfth collection, I can still draw, award-winning expat poet and visual artist Heather Spears continues to render an unsettling world. Her poems exhibit … Continue reading
Review: Sunday, the locusts and Proofs & Equational Love
Sunday, the locusts, by Jim Johnstone and Julienne Lottering Proofs & Equational Love, by Jason Guriel & Shane Neilson Reviewed by Ingrid Ruthig Since books are not written and do not exist in a vacuum, since they form a … Continue reading
Review: Modern Canadian Poets
Edited by Evan Jones and Todd Swift Reviewed by Ingrid Ruthig An anthology is all about parameters. What goals and limitations? What context or timeframe? Who’s in, who’s out? Is it an introduction, declaration, backlash, an attempt to set or … Continue reading
Review: South of North — Images of Canada
South of North – Images of Canada Richard Outram, with drawings by Thoreau MacDonald Edited by Anne Corkett and Rosemary Kilbourn Reviewed by Ingrid Ruthig In 2004, a year before he died, Richard Outram gave a manuscript of 115 unpublished … Continue reading
Interview: Leigh Kotsilidis (2011)
By Ingrid Ruthig Leigh Kotsilidis grew up in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Her poems have appeared in several literary journals including The Fiddlehead, Prism International and Prairie Fire and been anthologized in the publications I.V. Lounge Nights, This Grace, and The … Continue reading
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Northern Poetry Review was a site for reviews of Canadian poetry books, articles about poetry and interviews with poets. It was established in 2006 and maintained for roughly seven years with contributions from Alex Boyd, Dani Couture, Alessandro Porco, Lori, A. … Continue reading
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