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Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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DiscoverVerse: Kate Marshall Flaherty + Radiant
Kate Marshall Flaherty joins us for another ALU DiscoverVerse session to discuss her collection Radiant (Inanna Publications), about finding hope and healing through a journey with cancer. In our interview, Kate shares more about the therapeutic nature of writing, her willingness for adventure and offers up a free association writing prompt that’ll have you feeling…
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DiscoverVerse: A.B. Dillon + Matronalia
Kicking off our second week of ALU DiscoverVerse is prose poet A.B. Dillon whose collection Matronalia (Thistledown Press) looks at the underbelly of mothering and what often remains unsaid from mother to daughter. A.B. joins us to chat about her collection, writing inspiration, and three things she’d have with her if she were in her own…
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In Review: The Week of April 6th
This week the quarantine didn’t stop us: our National Poetry Month celebration ALU DiscoverVerse continued with five more poets, the 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist was announced, celebrity libraries were revealed, and more.
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DiscoverVerse: Thomas Leduc + Slagflower
In today’s ALU DiscoverVerse feature, we welcome Thomas Leduc to discuss his first book of poetry Slagflower (Latitude 46), the story of a fourth generation son of miners and his journey beyond the world underground. Leduc tells us more about how the collection came together by digging deep into his working history and experience within…
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DiscoverVerse: Kyeren Regehr + Cult Life
Today for ALU DiscoverVerse we highlight Kyeren Regehr’s collection Cult Life (Pedlar Press)—a CBC spring 2020 poetry book to watch for—which follows three years in the life of the poet as a twenty-something single mother whose spiritual devotion is juxtaposed with her search for worldly love. Below Kyeren tells us about spending five weeks in a hut in…
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DiscoverVerse: Cam Scott + ROMANS/SNOWMARE
Emerging out of his abandoned scraps of writing, Cam Scott’s ROMANS/SNOWMARE (ARP Books) exudes a love of language and experiment. Cam joins us in the All Lit Up DiscoverVerse today, sharing more about building a collection of words as a source of endless inspiration, being moved by sound and its various combinations, and more. Read on for the full…
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DiscoverVerse: Heather Birrell + Float and Scurry
Today’s ALU DiscoverVerse virtual chat is with debut poet Heather Birrell whose playful collection Float and Scurry (Anvil Press) features the likes of Mr. T, Joni Mitchell, and Fidel Castro, among others who explore love, libraries, and living in the face of a looming apocalypse. Below Heather tells us about her collection, how a writerly…
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DiscoverVerse: Adrian De Leon + Rouge
Poet Adrian De Leon enters the ALU DiscoverVerse today to talk about his TTC-inspired collectionRouge (Mawenzi House) and how, through the writing process, he has learned the power of a writing community. De Leon explains that while his need to write might have been derived from an anger for Toronto politics, it is history that sustains…
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In Review: The Week of March 30th
This week we launched ALU DiscoverVerse: Choose Your Own Poetry, a Canadian poetry binge, for #NPM20. Scroll on for details (+20% off featured books), a map of Canadian booksellers offering delivery, and more.
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DiscoverVerse: Lori Cayer + Mrs Romanov
Lori Cayer is next on deck for ALU DiscoverVerse. Today she chats with us about carrying the idea for her poetry collection Mrs Romanov (Porcupine’s Quill) for 20 years before it became an all-consuming effort to turn into a reality. Lori also shares more about the deep inspiration she takes from science, and the caretaker…
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DiscoverVerse: nathan dueck + A Very Special Episode
Poet nathan dueck joins us for ALU DiscoverVerse, a month-long poetry binge: we chat about his playful, pop-culture-inspired collection A Very Special Episode (Wolsak and Wynn), why silence makes him deeply uncomfortable, didactic German drama, and what a Santa’s hat and Gideon’s bible have to do with a Cabbage Patch kid.
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DiscoverVerse: Nolan Natasha + I Can Hear You, Can You Hear Me?
All Lit Up DiscoverVerse kicks off with poet Nolan Natasha whose funny, compelling debut collection I Can Hear You, Can You Hear Me? (Invisible Publishing) takes on gender, identity, and human connection in the modern age. We virtually chatted with Nolan Natasha about completing a debut collection, slowing down, poetry prompts, and his own Choose…
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DiscoverVerse: Smokii Sumac + you are enough
Transmasculine Ktunaxa poet Smokii Sumac chats with us for ALU DiscoverVerse about his boisterous, touching, and often funny debut collection you are enough: love poems for the end of the world (Kegedonce Press) — which grew from a challenge to write one haiku a day — where he draws inspiration from, three things he’d take with him on his…
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DiscoverVerse: Choose Your Own Poetry Game
Play our Choose Your Own Poetry game where YOU are the narrator! Choose from multiple paths on the way to one ultimate goal: visiting your local bookstore to browse poetry. As you move through the story you will find poetry books to collect in your tote bag. There are a total of 36 poetry books to…
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DiscoverVerse: Choose Your Own Poetry
This National Poetry Month is an action-packed celebration of twenty-four poets who write in all kinds of spaces and explore all kinds of styles and themes that delight, offer reflection, and soothe our spirits. Join us here on the blog throughout the month for our feature poets, including interviews and excerpts from each, and get…
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