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the rush to here, by George Murray
Nightwood Editions, 2007
Read by Jakub Stachurski
“From a crack in the dark wall hang loose wires: / give a tug and watch society start / to unravel,” writes George Murray in “A Moment’s Autograph,” one of the opening poems of his fourth collection. It is a fitting introduction, as the four sequences of poems offer a [...]
The Withdrawal Method By Pasha Malla
House of Anansi, 2008
Read by Susan Briscoe
Many of the stories in The Withdrawal Method feature some version of a young male failing to achieve heroic status. Generally, the young man seems a nice-enough guy — a book store clerk, a daycare or social worker, the kind of guy who doesn’t like to fight; the disappointed [...]
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by derek beaulieu
Afterword by Marjorie Perloff.
Information As Material (UK), 2007.
Read by Jesse Ferguson
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is conceptual literature for the hard-core visual poetry aficionado. As with most good conceptual work, it’s not likely to end up in the hands of the guy sitting next to you on the bus, but it will register in [...]
The Work of Days by Sarah Lang
Coach House Books, 2007
Read by Aaron Giovannone
Sarah Lang’s first book The Work of Days captures the intimacy and alienation of domestic existence in supple and surprising language.
Occupational Sickness By Nichita Stanescu
Translated by Oana Avasilichioaei
BuschekBooks, 2006
Read by Jenny Sampirisi
In her introduction to Occupational Sickness, translator Oana Avasilichioaei states that a translation is “a dialogue on paper. Between two languages. Between two generations. Between two cultures.” The result of that dialogue suggests that each of these linguistic rotations is routed in a translation of bodies. [...]
THEREFORE REPENT! A Post-Rapture Graphic Novel by Jim Munroe and Salgood Sam
No Media Kings, 2007
Read by Vincent Tinguely
The glory of science fiction and fantasy is the “what if?” factor. In Therefore Repent!, the authors gleefully explore one deceptively simple premise: “What if the Rapture actually happened?”
Water Strider by Karen Hofman
Frontenac House, 2008
Read by Jmae Barizo
This book is not about insects. A solitary six-legged creature does grace the cover however, and Karen Hofman’s debut collection seems to take a few lessons from water striders, which live on the surface of the water and need to push backward in order to generate forward motion. [...]
Revolver by Kevin Connolly
House of Anansi Press, 2008
Read by Nick Thran
Kevin Connolly’s 2005 collection, drift, delivers more immediate pleasure than any Canadian poetry collection in recent memory. The poems don’t rely on a voice or personae to carry their momentum forward so much as buzz “like a bee on a psychotropic leash”: what is glib can turn earnest [...]