new from above/ground press: First you know, and then so ordinary, by rob mclennan

First you know, and then so ordinary,

rob mclennan

$3

published in Ottawa by above/ground press in an edition of 200 copies for a question/answer seminar for MA students, “Small Presses, Little Magazines, and Creative Writing,” at Carleton University, November 18, 2010, alongside Cameron Anstee;  2011 subscriptions now available;

to order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; outside Canada, add $2 US) to rob mclennan, 858 Somerset Street West, main floor, Ottawa Ontario Canada K1R 6R7

Some of these poems appeared previously in the summer 2010 issue of MiPOesias, Otoliths, and an above/ground press broadside.

Born in Ottawa, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa. He is the author of nearly two dozen trade publications in multiple countries, including the poetry collections wild horses (U of Alberta Press, 2010), the forthcoming Glengarry (Talonbooks, spring 2011), and a second novel, missing persons (The Mercury Press, 2009). He is currently working to complete a third novel, various short stories, and a non-fiction project concerning grieving, loss and family archives.