The book’s true focus is not just the art—it’s the story behind the art—and Calzetta’s influences and motivations are revealed. Tom Smart profiles the art and career... Read More

Imaginative, inventive, and dynamic, "On Shaving Off His Face" is meaty poetry, a substantial work. There’s an ominous-looking skull on the cover of Shane Neilson’s "On... Read More

In this wordless experiment in woodcuts, textual content is lost, yet emotional content and a sense of pure, voyeuristic mood are gained. Acclaimed woodcut artist George A.... Read More

Essays argue for good Canadian poetry, rather than poetry written for ideological or nationalist purposes. “The virtues of good critical reading,” writes James Pollock, are... Read More

R. Murray Schafer is a brilliantly talented painter, musician, and writer—and he knows it, his ego exposed in this otherwise wonderfully written memoir. "My Life on Earth and... Read More

In the age of the Internet, more literary works are available to more people than ever before. The problem with this overabundance of riches, which applies to poetry as much as... Read More

Sir Frederick Treves, the London Hospital surgeon who studied the Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick (1862-1890), wrote of him, “I supposed that Merrick was imbecile and had been... Read More

In the modern world of cell phones, texting, and Twitter, “Getting in touch with nature” has become a cliche, something that sounds like the latest status update from one of... Read More

Richard Outram is not a familiar name to most, and with the exception of a small handful of poets who have broken through to the mass consciousness, poets generally toil in... Read More

In the general silence of a Cistercian abbey, one might hope for the numinous to reveal itself—and so it does in John Slater’s poems. From the very first poem in this first... Read More