American
"For New Orleans" and Other Poems
Edited by Ashis Gupta
Hurricane Katrina moved the Editor and Publisher of this collection to embark on this attempt to delve into the hearts and minds of some of Americas finest poets, several from the south. The result is a moving collection, sometimes sad, sometimes joyous, sometimes puzzled and ... Read more
A Generous Latitude
By Lenea Grace
Lenea Grace’s debut collection maps a series of relationships within a greater exploration of Canadiana, barreling through shield and crag, river and slag. A Generous Latitude is not afraid of beer, bears, internal rhyme, David Hasselhoff, sediment, or sentiment. It does, ... Read more
a place called No Homeland
By Kai Cheng Thom
Winner, Writers' Trust of Canada's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers; American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book; Finalist, Lambda Literary Award and Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender Variant Literature
This extraordinary poetry collection is ... Read more
A Velvet Increase of Curiosity
By Lise Downe
This is the first book of poetry by the well-known painter, and her poetry reflects the influence of such writers as bpNichol and Tom Raworth. Downe's poems are both intimate and emotionally powerful.
AfriCANthology
Edited by A. Gregory Frankson
Truth spoken plainly and powerfully is difficult to dismiss and impossible to ignore. Edited with purpose by Greg Frankson, AfriCANthology: Perspectives of Black Canadian Poets brings together some of Canada's most influential dub, page, and spoken word poetic voices and gives ... Read more
Agony
By Steven Zultanski
Agony is the first in a trilogy of long confessional poems. It uses semi-rigorous mathematical and logical constraints to view the author's life and body, telescopically, as little bits of time and space. Everything written here is as true as possible - that is to say, pretty ... Read more
Allegheny, BC
By Rodney DeCroo
In this unsettling collection, Vancouver singer/songwriter Rodney DeCroo delivers raw footage of a childhood marred by violence, sudden uprootings, and abuse. Allegheny, BC is a candid, gritty tour through DeCroo's troubled past in a small coal town outside of Pittsburgh, PA, ... Read more
Anne Wilkinson
By Christopher Armitage
A critical volume describing the life of Anne Wilkinson and her literary work.
Autowar
By Assiyah Jamilla Touré
2022 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award Longlist * 2022 ReLit Awards Longlist
A visceral, vital, unblinking debut collection of poems exploring kinesthetic memory and longing, inherited violence, and the body as a geographical site.
We're often told that we are given only what we ... Read more
barangay
By Adrian De Leon
Photographs by Jason Edward Pagaduan
As beautiful and varied as an archipelago, barangay is an elegant new collection of poetry from Adrian De Leon that gathers in and arranges the difficult pieces of a scattered history. While mourning the loss of his grandmother who "lived, loved and grieved in three languages," ... Read more