Tag: Next I start a boy band
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Reading at Emily Carr + updates
Summer happened and I stopped updating this blog. But a few things are coming up: I’m reading at the On Edge series at Emily Carr University of Art + Design on Thursday, Oct 3rd with Mercedes Eng. The reading is at 7 PM in SB 406 (if you’re not familiar with the Emily Carr campus,…
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Another review of Queer issue of Poetry Is Dead
Our Queer issue of Poetry Is Dead has gotten another glowing review, this one over at Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian, a Canadian Lesbian book blog. Casey focuses on each of the three essays on poetics in the issue — great to see because each essay is so different and speaks to different aspects of Queer experience.…
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Launch of Queer issue of Poetry Is Dead + a review
The Queer issue of Poetry Is Dead, which I had the privilege of editing, is being mailed out this week. The issue includes essays on contemporary poetics by Antonette Rae, Lisa Foad and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha; an interview with bill bissett; reviews of current books; artwork by Sarah Leavitt; and poetry by Ben Rawluk, Leah…
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Queer issue of Poetry Is Dead coming soon
This year I’ve been putting together the Queer issue of Vancouver-based literary journal Poetry Is Dead. The issue will be out mid-September and will feature poetry, prose, visual art, essays and reviews by and for Queer Canadian artists. You can get a copy by subscribing to Poetry Is Dead here — you will also be…
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Book design + another reading + mapping
My book of stories People Who Disappear was designed by the amazing Natalie Olsen of kisscut design. It goes without saying, but book design is an art unto itself. I loved reading more about how Natalie produced the visual effects in my book on her blog here. Natalie’s design evokes the tone of my book…
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