tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54283841577694350282024-03-18T13:14:48.389-04:00above/ground pressfounded July 1993 : CELEBRATING THIRTY YEARS OF CONTINUOUS ACTIVITY IN 2023 + MORE THAN 1200 PUBLICATIONS TO DATE! Ottawa-based poetry chapbook + broadside publisher; publisher of The Peter F. Yacht Club (a writer's group magazine) + Touch the Donkey (a small poetry magazine) + G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] + periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics, as well as home of The Factory Reading Series (founded January 1993); edited/published/curated by rob mclennanrob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.comBlogger2005125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-70375559291574710782024-03-18T10:00:00.031-04:002024-03-18T10:45:40.913-04:00new from above/ground press: abject sutures, by Melissa Eleftherion<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1t6rIBLMaIx20EWeEMAPBCrn-X1vq6hVwvCBUvE9T8h4jGj6mRApYW0Nw9zANk0gUElkMMIk3AO-SwOcD3fp91rKc87jg7Qhgr0VryNcUMycF-YVUDDq0xV1MX982Yyoll-7Qp-Q_iBG21WfUu8KzqG11OnelTY8iSQvQ7H-HlCFsgrgQFTgWbqmMNFZ3/s1280/aboveground%20eleftherion%20cover%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1t6rIBLMaIx20EWeEMAPBCrn-X1vq6hVwvCBUvE9T8h4jGj6mRApYW0Nw9zANk0gUElkMMIk3AO-SwOcD3fp91rKc87jg7Qhgr0VryNcUMycF-YVUDDq0xV1MX982Yyoll-7Qp-Q_iBG21WfUu8KzqG11OnelTY8iSQvQ7H-HlCFsgrgQFTgWbqmMNFZ3/w372-h279/aboveground%20eleftherion%20cover%202024.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>abject sutures<br />melissa eleftherion<br />$5<br /><br /></b></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>SHELL</b><br /><br />six little explosions <br />“under a glass bell”<br />how we’re taught<br />to contain <br />the abject<br />little burst sutures<br />in ammonite </span></blockquote><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />March 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br /><a href="https://apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Melissa Eleftherion</a> </b>(she/they) is a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. Born & raised in Brooklyn, she holds degrees from Brooklyn College, Mills College, and San Jose State University. They are the author of the full-length poetry collections, <i><b><a href="https://www.theoperatingsystem.org/oa_library/field-guide-to-autobiography/" target="_blank">field guide to autobiography</a></b></i> (The Operating System, 2018), & <i>gutter rainbows</i> (Querencia Press, 2024), as well as twelve chapbooks including<i> trauma suture</i> (above/ground press, 2020), & <i>sunflower spell</i> (poems-for-all, 2022). Her work has been widely published & featured in venues like <i>Quarter after Eight</i>, <i>Sixth Finch</i>, <i>Entropy</i>, & <i>Barren Magazine</i>. Melissa now lives in Northern California where she manages the Ukiah Branch Library, curates the LOBA Reading Series, and serves as <a href="https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2021/03/31/melissa-eleftherion-carr-chosen-as-next-ukiah-poet-laureate/" target="_blank"><b>Poet Laureate Emeritus of the City of Ukiah</b></a>. Recent work is available at <b><a href="http://www.apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com">www.apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com</a></b>.<br /><br />This is Eleftherion’s third chapbook with above/ground press, after <i><b><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2018/09/new-from-aboveground-press-little-ditch.html" target="_blank">little ditch</a></b></i> (2018) and <i><b><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2020/05/new-from-aboveground-press-trauma.html" target="_blank">trauma suture</a></b></i> (2020).<br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-83829276496644937072024-03-16T10:00:00.030-04:002024-03-16T10:00:00.425-04:00some author activity: Earl, Abel, mclennan, Brockwell + Armantrout,<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw22nMvb4bzZaT6uR6ZqUGdyPIOMJm9AL47HMRjL8rB6mWTlXAsANtkgMj9yEN499ErDccDdGeLFJlmid8c7UbRlAOcXS-IRY_m7EATb5uPi-FI5fViUIAOZI6wojw2GMR1scU1RvqEgyeDtpY2_gy4YxwdBAARok4GtDj8FkmTaYvGhpgLBJy-QHaBbEs/s400/science%20professor.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw22nMvb4bzZaT6uR6ZqUGdyPIOMJm9AL47HMRjL8rB6mWTlXAsANtkgMj9yEN499ErDccDdGeLFJlmid8c7UbRlAOcXS-IRY_m7EATb5uPi-FI5fViUIAOZI6wojw2GMR1scU1RvqEgyeDtpY2_gy4YxwdBAARok4GtDj8FkmTaYvGhpgLBJy-QHaBbEs/w386-h290/science%20professor.webp" width="386" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://themanygenderedmothers.blogspot.com/2024/03/amanda-earl-on-michele-provost.html" target="_blank">Amanda Earl has an essay on michèle provost over at <i>many gendered mothers</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2024/02/29/on-land-belonging-and-dispossession/" target="_blank">Jordan Abel has a new essay up at the Yale University Press website</a></b>; <b><a href="https://writersfestival.org/events/spring-2024-podcast-season/the-book-of-smaller" target="_blank">Stephen Brockwell interviews rob mclennan via podcast as part of Writers Festival Radio</a></b>; <b><a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/03/08/remembering-lyn-hejinian-1941-2024/" target="_blank">and Rae Armantrout (among others) shares a reminiscence as part of "Remembering Lyn Hejinian" at <i>The Paris Review</i></a></b>.</span><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-81557684577237952092024-03-15T10:00:00.037-04:002024-03-15T17:15:08.110-04:00VERSeFest 2024: Reid, drystek, Earl, Dolman, Turnbull, Christie + Mohammadi,<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMZsGgchM6keYBn-BsWHSdAYFul1mLRJGFn7YN-lbE55qy3IeiPhwGz_Gq89A5Gpx-aaGbes3aSTIh6JdEb6dnlA8nIDJ2YXyhu_-UIlThdoxUJ8ElG95ROWTETDTG6AmaSxTO_dIW6Y5HNBbWdYSYq3ufF0aqz6tX5nbyIK3rrxkEAKXpvuXygBudaDw/s2097/versefest%202024%20logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="2097" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMZsGgchM6keYBn-BsWHSdAYFul1mLRJGFn7YN-lbE55qy3IeiPhwGz_Gq89A5Gpx-aaGbes3aSTIh6JdEb6dnlA8nIDJ2YXyhu_-UIlThdoxUJ8ElG95ROWTETDTG6AmaSxTO_dIW6Y5HNBbWdYSYq3ufF0aqz6tX5nbyIK3rrxkEAKXpvuXygBudaDw/w368-h149/versefest%202024%20logo.png" width="368" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">above/ground press authors <span class="x193iq5w"><span style="font-family: "Garamond", serif;"><b>Monty Reid, nina jane drystek, Amanda Earl, AJ
Dolman, Chris Turnbull, Jason Christie</b> and<b> Khashayar "Kess" Mohammadi</b>, among plenty of others, read next week in Ottawa as part of <b><a href="https://www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest" target="_blank">VERSeFest 2024 (March 21-24)</a></b>! Might we see you there? And in case you weren't aware, <b><a href="https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">there have been an array of interviews with a number of authors reading at this year's festival posted over at <i>periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics</i></a></b>, including an interview with <b><a href="https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2024/03/amanda-earl-2024-versefest-interviews.html" target="_blank">AJ Dolman by Amanda Earl</a></b> and <b><a href="https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2024/03/margo-lapierre-2024-versefest.html" target="_blank">Sandra Ridley by Margo LaPierre</a></b>, and interviews with <b><a href="https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2024/03/rob-mclennan-2024-versefest-interviews.html" target="_blank">Khashayar Mohammadi</a></b> and <b><a href="https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2024/03/rob-mclennan-2024-versefest-interviews_0255728672.html" target="_blank">Jason Christie</a></b> by myself (interviews with <b>Chris Turnbull, Laila Malik + Klara du Plessis</b> to post over the next few days!).</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond", serif;"><br /></span></span></span><p></p>
rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-10220701304800509512024-03-14T10:00:00.043-04:002024-03-14T10:06:48.470-04:00new from above/ground press: From Desire Without Expectation, by Jacob Wren<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVPRs0-jIvQBGyniE0GJNwHB8VRLxh3eH4X5jwUuaxMtUCKWAcT0U6UWTv1OS8v53VrgAQn09ZPK8eXX1fr7XE38QLj8m4uweACHcenErKXLK-W6XGWdYrGFSBtUj0n8B8Fr-gC6AdsUOcJWREBNe_E-unkzkWeHJITEr0WuqmwZ6Dtn1HpnwvxazGitm/s466/la;ksdjfkslak;djf;.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="466" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVPRs0-jIvQBGyniE0GJNwHB8VRLxh3eH4X5jwUuaxMtUCKWAcT0U6UWTv1OS8v53VrgAQn09ZPK8eXX1fr7XE38QLj8m4uweACHcenErKXLK-W6XGWdYrGFSBtUj0n8B8Fr-gC6AdsUOcJWREBNe_E-unkzkWeHJITEr0WuqmwZ6Dtn1HpnwvxazGitm/w390-h277/la;ksdjfkslak;djf;.png" width="390" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>From </i>Desire Without Expectation<br />Jacob Wren<br />$5</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">Writing comes easily to me, while I find most other things in life exceedingly difficult. This is often a problem with writers. The truth of what they write is deeply shaded by a writerly distance from life which is also often connected to various forms of loneliness. Writers are often not the best people when it comes to understanding either community or solidarity. Maybe I should only speak for myself. Certain kinds of religious conversions bring one directly into community with others who are similarly converted. As you might have already guessed, I lean rather heavily into not wanting to be part of any club that might have me as a member. Religion has always been one of the places people look to for community. As has often been noted, in our current world, community can be rather hard to come by and even harder to maintain. One of the many reasons religion hasn’t disappeared, as was not so long ago predicted, is it allows its adherents to mainline a sense of community. This is the reason I find easiest to understand.</span></blockquote><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />March 2024<a href="https://robmclennansindex.blogspot.com/2021/06/aboveground-press-prosenaut-imprint.html" target="_blank"><br />as the twenty-fourth title in above/ground’s prose/naut imprint</a><br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br /><a href="https://radicalcut.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jacob Wren</a></b> makes literature, collaborative performances and exhibitions. His books include: <i><b><a href="https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/jacob-wren/polyamorous-love-song-fiction-by-jacob-wren/" target="_blank">Polyamorous Love Song</a></b></i>, <i><b><a href="https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/jacob-wren/rich-and-poor-by-jacob-wren-copy/" target="_blank">Rich and Poor</a></b></i>, <i><b><a href="https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/jacob-wren/authenticy-is-a-feeling-my-life-in-pme-art-by-jacob-wren/" target="_blank">Authenticity is a Feeling</a></b></i> and <i><b><a href="https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/jacob-wren/dry-your-tears-to-perfect-your-aim-by-jacob-wren/" target="_blank">Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim</a></b></i>. As artistic codirector of <b><a href="https://www.pme-art.ca/en/about" target="_blank">Montreal-based interdisciplinary group PME-ART</a></b> he has co-created performances such as: <i>Individualism Was A Mistake</i>, <i>The DJ Who Gave Too Much Information</i>, <i>Every Song I’ve Ever Written </i>and <i>Adventures can be found anywhere, même dans la répétition</i>. Most recently PME-ART presented the online conference <i><b><a href="https://www.pme-art.ca/en/projects/vulnerable-paradoxes" target="_blank">Vulnerable Paradoxes</a></b></i> and the related free PDF publication <i><b><a href="https://www.pme-art.ca/en/projects/in-response-to-vulnerable-paradoxes-x827e" target="_blank">In response to Vulnerable Paradoxes</a></b></i>. International collaborations include: a stage adaptation of the Wolfgang Koeppen novel <i>Der Tod in Rom</i> (Sophiensaele, Berlin), <i>An Anthology of Optimism</i> (co-created with Pieter De Buysser/Campo, Ghent) and <i>No Double Life For The Wicked</i> (co-created with Tori Kudo/The Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan.) His internet presence is often defined by a fondness for quotations.<br /><br />This is Jacob Wren’s second chapbook with above/ground press, following <i>Tributes To The Subtlety Of Matter </i>(1996).<br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-87626584886501950112024-03-12T10:00:00.023-04:002024-03-12T10:00:00.150-04:00new from above/ground press: HYSTERICAL PREGNANCY, by Katie Ebbitt<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeLRsuJuL21SAEyq2Ir9VrtSHrU6dRK27lV0nHzYzcq0LNpHYdH2bzwmlUc_AO3oQxqhA4zYq45vMmvwlGnPfTezOuCgaTl2uKSgCN0ZGrdo7_J-tml6u1HHZ9yTGfoc4e-RQlVmWT3aLhC-ODdzeogUxaVZaetNio0JLpdN9f7gIWMwN7Qj6xXwJTdw1/s738/aboveground%20ebbitt%20cover%20image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="463" height="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeLRsuJuL21SAEyq2Ir9VrtSHrU6dRK27lV0nHzYzcq0LNpHYdH2bzwmlUc_AO3oQxqhA4zYq45vMmvwlGnPfTezOuCgaTl2uKSgCN0ZGrdo7_J-tml6u1HHZ9yTGfoc4e-RQlVmWT3aLhC-ODdzeogUxaVZaetNio0JLpdN9f7gIWMwN7Qj6xXwJTdw1/w311-h495/aboveground%20ebbitt%20cover%20image.jpg" width="311" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>HYSTERICAL PREGNANCY<br />Katie Ebbitt<br />$5</b><br /><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">to start<br />here is<br /><br />invisible<br />changeable <br />borders<br /><br />a threshold <br />the vessel <br />the stomach<br /><br />see <br />what you <br />come out of<br />came out with<br /><br />now <br />bloodied<br />by consummation<br /><br />to walk<br />public<br />ground</span></blockquote><b><br />published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />March 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br /><a href="https://my.bio/katieebbitt" target="_blank">Katie Ebbitt</a></b> is a poet/psycho-behavioralist living in NYC. She is the author of the chapbooks <i><b><a href="https://counterpathpress.org/another-lifekatie-ebbitt" target="_blank">ANOTHER LIFE</a></b></i> (Counterpath, 2016), <i><b><a href="https://inpatientpress.bigcartel.com/product/para-ana-by-katie-ebbitt" target="_blank">Para Ana</a></b></i> (Inpatient, 2019), and <i>Air Sign</i> (Creative Writing Department, 2024). Fecund, her first full-length book, will be released by <b><a href="https://www.keithllcpress.com/katie-ebbitt" target="_blank">Keith LLC</a></b>. <br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-16767029295541420142024-03-10T10:00:00.004-04:002024-03-10T10:00:00.263-04:00Touch the Donkey : tenth anniversary sale,<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PfhhQudkWde1syMm4D_g5NyJvfBRFQ2iDro8KmbZKZLuHAv0Vpwifa22_mHwzcW_Cu2FeXDLRUSG_RXTg_Ak_OE2KT0DDON_tny1nTF2VFrFnumGTi54Gy3LkPqNrqAFYygVFXXIF1lQj7Ea4_rSbfNnPn58B5wZpLN8LVnMsFMwQ-AYNEaeRFms8pRm/s551/touch%20the%20donkey%20tenth%20anniversary%20colour.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="551" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PfhhQudkWde1syMm4D_g5NyJvfBRFQ2iDro8KmbZKZLuHAv0Vpwifa22_mHwzcW_Cu2FeXDLRUSG_RXTg_Ak_OE2KT0DDON_tny1nTF2VFrFnumGTi54Gy3LkPqNrqAFYygVFXXIF1lQj7Ea4_rSbfNnPn58B5wZpLN8LVnMsFMwQ-AYNEaeRFms8pRm/w357-h240/touch%20the%20donkey%20tenth%20anniversary%20colour.png" width="357" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2024/03/touch-donkey-tenth-anniversary-sale.html" target="_blank">To celebrate the <b>tenth anniversary</b> of the quarterly <b><i>Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal]</i></b>: <b>anyone who subscribes (or resubscribes) anytime between now and the end of April 2024 has the bonus option of three (3) items: three <i>Touch the Donkey </i>back issues of your choice, OR three above/ground press (2023 or 2024) titles of your choice (while supplies last) OR any combination thereof.</b></a><br /><br /><b>OR:</b> <b>copies of ten (10) different back issues for $50</b> / <b>copies of five (5) different back issues for $25</b> / <b>copies of twenty different back issues for $100</b> / while supplies last on individual issues, naturally / add $5 for US orders ; add $10 for international orders,<br /><br /><b>Issue #41 of <i>Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] </i>(a slightly larger issue than usual) lands on April 15, 2024: with new work by Julie Carr, rob mclennan, Pattie McCarthy, ryan fitzpatrick, Conyer Clayton, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Amanda Earl, Gil McElroy and John Barlow.</b><br /><br /><b>2023-2024 above/ground press titles include chapbooks by: </b>Sacha Archer, Dale Tracy, Melissa Eleftherion, Kyle Flemmer, Saba Pakdel, Katie Ebbitt, Amanda Deutch, Phil Hall + Steven Ross Smith, Peter Myers, Terri Witek, Pete Smith, russell carisse, Micah Ballard, Clint Burnham, Angela Caporaso, Cary Fagan, Blunt Research Group, Gary Barwin, Lydia Unsworth, Kyla Houbolt, Zane Koss, Ben Robinson, Colin Dardis, Aaron Tucker, Adriana Oniță, Julie Carr + rob mclennan, Stephen Collis, Rae Armantrout, Jason Christie, Nikki Reimer, Noah Berlatsky, Miranda Mellis, MLA Chernoff, Marita Dachsel, Report from the fitzpatrick Society, Kevin Stebner, Meghan Kemp-Gee, Gil McElroy, Robert van Vliet, Stephen Cain, Geoffrey Olsen, Heather Cadsby, Evan Williams, Grant Wilkins, nina jane drystek, Sophia Magliocca, Jennifer Baker, Karen Massey, rob mclennan, Jérôme Melançon, Monty Reid, Jamie Hilder, George Bowering + Artie Gold, Ryan Stearne, Brad Vogler, Andrew Gorin, <i>Report from the Pirie Society</i>, Julia Drescher, Ken Norris, Joseph Donato, Samuel Ace, Stuart Ross, Leesa Dean, <i>Report from the Reimer Society</i>, Jessi MacEachern, <i>G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] </i>#26, Jordan Davis, <i>The Peter F Yacht Club</i> #32 : 2023 VERSeFest Special, <i>Report from the Smith Society</i>, Nick Chhoeun, Ben Jahn, William Vallières, Report from the Iijima Society, Derek Beaulieu, Isabel Sobral Campos, Mark Scroggins, Laura Walker, <i>Report from the Trivedi Society</i>, Nathanael O'Reilly, Lindsey Webb, Jason Heroux and Barbara Henning.<br /><br /><b>Touch the Donkey: Canadian subscriptions $35 for five issues / American subscriptions $40 / International subscriptions $50 / All prices in Canadian dollars /</b><br /><br />To order, e-transfer or PayPal at at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b> or <b><a href="http://www.touchthedonkey.blogspot.com">www.touchthedonkey.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><a href="https://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2023/10/aboveground-press-2024-subscriptions.html" target="_blank">Issues are also available as part of the above/ground press annual subscription</a>.<br /><br />Because everybody loves a birthday. Who doesn’t love a birthday?<br /><br />Touch the Donkey. Everywhere you want to be.<br /></span><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-83331616002851997172024-03-09T10:00:00.010-05:002024-03-09T10:00:00.324-05:00some author activity: Konchan, Witek, van Vliet, Drescher, Oniță + Armantrout,<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfn2B6veOMmh35i5an0Cmo-0tSfR7G0ZiILvaEhRkMwP4d27Bxih1pJUY-2v3hr50WsX8TaXWOyAA32MbbQEHs578yxvnN_N8i_PBPlnOZtuh7p6FtCJoGDoXv-BQ3wf8-dmmNeI7oKSRuxEk_xR27sJyMM2JznAXwIQWoA89LQfZ4tVdQc-kGOhaZMm6/s1284/touch%20the%20donkey%2041%20balloons.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="777" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfn2B6veOMmh35i5an0Cmo-0tSfR7G0ZiILvaEhRkMwP4d27Bxih1pJUY-2v3hr50WsX8TaXWOyAA32MbbQEHs578yxvnN_N8i_PBPlnOZtuh7p6FtCJoGDoXv-BQ3wf8-dmmNeI7oKSRuxEk_xR27sJyMM2JznAXwIQWoA89LQfZ4tVdQc-kGOhaZMm6/w273-h450/touch%20the%20donkey%2041%20balloons.jpg" width="273" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://sixthfinch.com/konchan3.html" target="_blank">Virginia Konchan has a poem up at <i>Sixth Finch</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2024/02/ttd-supplement-257-seven-questions-for.html" target="_blank">forthcoming author Terri Witek is interviewed over at <i>Touch the Donkey</i></a></b>; <a href="https://dusie.blogspot.com/2024/02/tuesday-poem-569-robert-van-vliet.html" target="_blank"><b>Robert van Vliet has a poem in the "Tuesday poem" series</b></a>; <b><a href="https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/poetrycenter/bundles/239649" target="_blank">the video of an October 2023 reading at the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University by Julia Drescher and C. J. Martin is now online as part of the Poetry Center Digital Archive</a></b>; <b><a href="https://robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-series-95-adriana-oni%C8%9B%C4%83-b649ba8a5a9c" target="_blank">Adriana Oniță has work in the Spotlight series</a></b>; <b><a href="https://plumepoetry.com/four-poems-4/" target="_blank">and Rae Armantrout has four new poems up at <i>Plume</i></a></b>.</span><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-14661221198042266762024-03-08T10:00:00.029-05:002024-03-08T10:00:00.133-05:00new from above/ground press: new york ironweed, by Amanda Deutch<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQ2DdUDR_2CWHVHCLiexahAZihnBX4-aVOUiRVg2GUxldkZ9Lg_cbsf_dxoBUijC8o765LFp5fbbXWyZfYJg632NlhI729MyCwZNZhKHNzGpc72SJZAlsxeQcLyueHqIKPwkyYpLzf8XUp8qLUxVs61mtBAfmbxWV4ia8mjg7Ac1ebV7jWoLaFUEIZhRS/s1454/aboveground%20deutch%20cover%20image%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="960" height="511" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQ2DdUDR_2CWHVHCLiexahAZihnBX4-aVOUiRVg2GUxldkZ9Lg_cbsf_dxoBUijC8o765LFp5fbbXWyZfYJg632NlhI729MyCwZNZhKHNzGpc72SJZAlsxeQcLyueHqIKPwkyYpLzf8XUp8qLUxVs61mtBAfmbxWV4ia8mjg7Ac1ebV7jWoLaFUEIZhRS/w337-h511/aboveground%20deutch%20cover%20image%202024.jpg" width="337" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">new york ironweed<br />Amanda Deutch<br />$5<br /><br /></span></b><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>seaside goldenrod</b><br /><br /><br />salty witch<br /><br />which witch is witch?<br /><br />all of them!<br /><br />everyone is a little<br /><br />afraid<br /><br />please tickle them<br /><br />I am <br />becoming<br />a very large woman </span></blockquote><br /><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />March 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy</b><br /><br />cover image by Amanda Deutch / cyanotype on fabric, 2023<br />digital composition by Charles Denson<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.amandadeutch.com/" target="_blank">Amanda Deutch</a></b> is a poet born and raised in New York City. She is the author of several chapbooks including <i><b><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2020/03/new-from-aboveground-press-bodega-night.html" target="_blank">Bodega Night Pigeon Riot</a></b></i> (above/ground press, 2020), and <i><b><a href="https://books.google.ca/books/about/Surf_Avenue_29th_Street_Coney_Island.html?id=mos6xQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y" target="_blank">Surf Avenue & 29th Street, Coney Island</a></b></i> (Least Weasel Press, 2018). Deutch’s poetry has been published in <i>The Brooklyn Rail</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>Oversound</i>, <i>The Rumpus</i>, <i>Cimarron Review</i> and in many other journals and magazines. An artist book collaboration with Sarah Nicholls,<i> wild anemone</i>, is forthcoming in 2024. She lives in Brooklyn where she is the founder of <b><a href="https://www.parachutearts.org/" target="_blank">Parachute Literary Arts</a></b>.<br /><br />This is Deutch's second above/ground press title, after <b><i><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2020/03/new-from-aboveground-press-bodega-night.html" target="_blank">bodega night pigeon riot</a></i></b> (2020).<br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-38142151756763858102024-03-06T10:00:00.027-05:002024-03-06T10:00:00.175-05:00new from above/ground press: Alternate histories, by Kyle Flemmer<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0saE2kmVdTahr7RFjWbzm8Wa0LLnV4xXj_m_juR9buG3kyUqLdmNgsIt4Ij76GNetlSe_LuLs-SAV3qH3xqF47K0vQjtjwI8bH_2YirqsLKo0V4HnP5PbQ0xuZ8CNYQbz8z7RAiXQRJ8mLeC18QheqGkUjVpPcCaX2-LM2sAWkgoC_esSYotBL_LHkHM/s1675/rockart2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1675" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0saE2kmVdTahr7RFjWbzm8Wa0LLnV4xXj_m_juR9buG3kyUqLdmNgsIt4Ij76GNetlSe_LuLs-SAV3qH3xqF47K0vQjtjwI8bH_2YirqsLKo0V4HnP5PbQ0xuZ8CNYQbz8z7RAiXQRJ8mLeC18QheqGkUjVpPcCaX2-LM2sAWkgoC_esSYotBL_LHkHM/s320/rockart2.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b>Alternate histories<br />Kyle Flemmer<br />$5<br /><br /></b><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Microlith >> Total war</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />/<br /><br /><br />Microlith<br />Weapon<br />Total war</span></blockquote><br /><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />March 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br /><a href="https://kyleflemmer.com/" target="_blank">Kyle Flemmer</a></b> is a writer, publisher, and digital media artist from Calgary in Treaty 7 territory. He founded <b><a href="http://www.theblastedtree.com/" target="_blank">The Blasted Tree Publishing Co.</a></b> in 2014 and his first book, <i><b><a href="https://www.timglaset.com/produktsida/kyle-flemmer-barcode-poems" target="_blank">Barcode Poetry</a></b></i>, was published in 2021. Kyle's first trade book of poetry, <i>Supergiants</i>, is forthcoming from Wolsak & Wynn in 2025. His most recent chapbooks include <i><b><a href="https://kyleflemmer.com/wikipoems.html" target="_blank">WikiPoems</a></b></i> from 845 Press and <i><b><a href="https://paperviewbooks.pt/books/gourmand/" target="_blank">Gourmand</a></b></i> from Paper View Books.<br /><br />This is Flemmer’s third chapbook with above/ground press, after <i><b><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2017/01/new-from-aboveground-press-astral.html" target="_blank">ASTRAL PROJECTION</a></b></i> (2017) and <i><b><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2018/09/new-from-aboveground-press.html" target="_blank">Coronagraphic</a></b></i> (2018).<br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-21621515105016292852024-02-29T10:00:00.035-05:002024-02-29T10:00:00.139-05:00new from above/ground press: Some Failed Eternity, by Pete Smith<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4ZaOGFeb4NARDQ7nTJiC06mb-RzmAmi-W5bEHDObTKKIIXufHO9dXJboQW2OphTq-PMmWeA2ZEyYDM2jM9SccvHQC0xsTlqYRswa4BNRNjAy2lCNNzH9fgMxKrNItxQxQSFQdp9PD6i02hWws2MZ656_4EOrmV16covbQE4NGaFkRkffGv-flxnIrxKy/s960/aboveground%20smith%20pete%20cover%20image%202024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4ZaOGFeb4NARDQ7nTJiC06mb-RzmAmi-W5bEHDObTKKIIXufHO9dXJboQW2OphTq-PMmWeA2ZEyYDM2jM9SccvHQC0xsTlqYRswa4BNRNjAy2lCNNzH9fgMxKrNItxQxQSFQdp9PD6i02hWws2MZ656_4EOrmV16covbQE4NGaFkRkffGv-flxnIrxKy/w371-h371/aboveground%20smith%20pete%20cover%20image%202024.JPG" width="371" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Some Failed Eternity<br />Pete Smith<br />$5<br /><br /></span></b><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>PREROGATIVE </b><br /><br />We gather under the banner of plurality & wait for<br />trickle down—as if <i>we </i>was a pyramid, I a dividend<br /><br />As residual tickles pleasure down our collective<br />past is, we declare, an open & shut mummy<br /><br />If it’s all the same to you, with your penchant<br />for song, we’ll take the descant & run<br /><br />Kingdom come reigning down over Boswell Field—<br />one end of the panto horse unzipped a wicked grin<br /><br />A ghazal does not give room for us to stamp <br />our authority, lick our prerogative, frank our maleness<br /><br />We lack lustre but make up for it with<br />shine—always the reflection never the source<br /><br />Vertigo, he said, is the only way to go. Vortex,<br />she said, we have the horizontal & we’re holding<br /><br />One gender, solo, created an onanian agenda<br />kept the minutes for years but slid into as usual<br /><br />We lather under the banality of plura—there’s <br />safety in numbers, but First Kings is torture<br /><br />As one who has sired but never harboured, seeded<br />but not enfleshed, I’ll assume the position. Outside<br /><br />At the tap-tree of osmosis we hold our breath<br />to be self-evident, enough for one constitution <br /><br />A host of feathers in a down of Pentecost<br />flaming imposters burn us at every turn</span></blockquote><br /><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />February 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br />Pete Smith</b> lives on the unceded land of Tk’emlups te Secwepémc. He has published poems, reviews and essays in the likes of<i> jacket</i> (1st series), <i>Crayon</i>,<i> Dispatches from the Poetry Wars</i>,<i> Alterran Poetry Assemblage</i>, the <i>Fortnightly Review</i>, <i>Capilano Review</i>, et al and the book <i><b><a href="https://www.shearsman.com/store/Pete-Smith-Bindings-with-Discords-p102839144" target="_blank">Bindings with Discords</a></b></i>, 2015, from Shearsman which collects six long sequences. He was short-listed for the Montreal International Poetry Prize, 2015, <i>Malahat Review</i>’s Open Seasons Award, 2017 & <i>Arc </i>Poem of the Year, 2023. Recent ventures into translation, from Osip Mandelstam’s poems from the winter of 1933-4, are in <i>Snow lit rev</i> #s 9 &10. He has three previous above/ground chapbooks & works in <i>Touch the Donkey</i>, <i>periodicities </i>&<i> G U E S T</i> #23. Much gratitude to rob mclennan.<br /><br />This is Pete Smith’s fourth chapbook with above/ground press, after <a href="https://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_09.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Strum of Unseen</b></i></a> (2008), <i><b><a href="https://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2016/05/new-from-aboveground-press-new-love.html" target="_blank">A New Love/An Aching Stone</a></b></i> (2016) and <i><b><a href="https://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2019/12/new-from-aboveground-press-s-i-n-g-d-e.html" target="_blank">S i n g ... d e s p i t e</a></b></i> (2019).<br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-63081233461430139552024-02-27T10:00:00.020-05:002024-02-27T10:50:30.823-05:00new from above/ground press: In The Margins. . . . . .of french translations found and remixed by russell carisse, by russell carisse<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXit0sq3Z8aC0i06Jn3WBYQi41x6I413LTQv6Ib6Y6gx9ErdBZI1adx0lgAF2_WlsNdpuaK9pPS_ulzVxV768dVaz1-Ak5xsydbaOwYueui5QACC3tr2aldItWlNO1gXd4qLaEEeWo74IW36HXNLv0hyphenhyphenecvQixQ_zhceA6jgUIjYdCgD0lBYfA_WG1jIK/s1285/aboveground%20carisse%20cover%20image%20french.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="823" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXit0sq3Z8aC0i06Jn3WBYQi41x6I413LTQv6Ib6Y6gx9ErdBZI1adx0lgAF2_WlsNdpuaK9pPS_ulzVxV768dVaz1-Ak5xsydbaOwYueui5QACC3tr2aldItWlNO1gXd4qLaEEeWo74IW36HXNLv0hyphenhyphenecvQixQ_zhceA6jgUIjYdCgD0lBYfA_WG1jIK/w322-h502/aboveground%20carisse%20cover%20image%20french.jpg" width="322" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">In The Margins. . . . . .of french translations found and remixed by russell carisse<br />russell carisse<br />$5</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">draws me toward the<br />“ego”<br /> away<br /><br />without a sign<br />a crying out<br /><br />* * *<br /><br />I expel <i>myself</i><br />motion<br />perhaps<br />it is thus<br />an other<br />which “I”<br />of sobs, of vomit<br />the<br />tears and<br />perspire<br />makes me balk at<br />father who<br />desires<br />I expel<br />who am only<br />myself<br /><br />but one that<br />turns me inside<br />that “I” am<br />my own death<br /><br />* * *</span></blockquote><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />February 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br /><a href="https://russellcarisse.carrd.co/" target="_blank">russell carisse</a></b> is currently living on unceded Wolastoqiyik and Mig’maw territory in New Brunswick. Here they have resettled from Tkaronto into an off-grid trailer in the woods, with their family of people and animals, to grow food and practice other forms of underconsumption. russell is the author of chapbooks, <i><b><a href="https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2022/06/adam-lawrence-brickworks-by-russell.html" target="_blank">BRICKWORKS</a></b></i> (Frog Hollow Press 2021), and <i><b><a href="https://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2022/05/new-from-aboveground-press-english.html" target="_blank">English Garden Bondage</a></b></i> (above/ground press 2022). Their work can be found online and in print.<br /><br />This is carisse’s second above/ground press title, after <i><b><a href="https://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2022/05/new-from-aboveground-press-english.html" target="_blank">English Garden Bondage</a></b></i> (2022).<br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-44174572181757686792024-02-24T10:00:00.029-05:002024-02-24T10:00:00.142-05:00some author activity: Brenner, Baus, mclennan, Kaminski + Burnham,<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeDUSa-Oryt9eupIa8g7zWLnOQFRbQz5j1DTy3SCAVMpCh50LwYoQRpDNEHOI22usCzCjL6S9QSkjvc1Z0GzpkdkqUKUUJ5BPSIERggZ2Tvtiz2rVgg1bhGlQkQ2GNQQrTho2jmYe0ezD4usn_ci3YmaDyV-XpiuWv6m1pTIfuUszNM8GbDxLDrIXi2c9/s721/so-speaks-galactus-v0-xdiaig8yoina1.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="640" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeDUSa-Oryt9eupIa8g7zWLnOQFRbQz5j1DTy3SCAVMpCh50LwYoQRpDNEHOI22usCzCjL6S9QSkjvc1Z0GzpkdkqUKUUJ5BPSIERggZ2Tvtiz2rVgg1bhGlQkQ2GNQQrTho2jmYe0ezD4usn_ci3YmaDyV-XpiuWv6m1pTIfuUszNM8GbDxLDrIXi2c9/w344-h388/so-speaks-galactus-v0-xdiaig8yoina1.webp" width="344" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://dusie.blogspot.com/2024/02/tuesday-poem-568-summer-brenner-bird.html" target="_blank">Summer Brenner has a poem up in the "Tuesday poem" series</a></b>; <b><a href="https://www.psivino.cz/jak-jsem-se-stal-brumem/?fbclid=IwAR1F5AfCqliIYzIHNiHrQQRuEU7J7PmIvE1rldDuEXPakON6mmBvNsNES_M" target="_blank">some of Eric Baus' poems were translated into Czech</a></b>; <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3lBxwOvvVS/?img_index=1" target="_blank">rob mclennan is featured via Instagram on Stephanie Austin's <i>mugshot writers</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://www.etceterapoetry.com/currentpost/megan-kaminski?fbclid=IwAR2yoT9nhU0h0EvIMGSR9xHo3tSsytXs0Rt5zcIA4JdistswhzfXdiWPWDA" target="_blank">Megan Kaminski features at <i>Etcetera</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2024/02/12-or-20-second-series-questions-with_0374318433.html" target="_blank">and Clint Burnham is interviewed in the '12 or 20 questions' series.</a></b></span><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-38577435635760467212024-02-10T10:00:00.035-05:002024-02-10T10:00:00.154-05:00some author activity: Babineau, Earl, fitzpatrick, Konchan, Carr, Perry, Blunt Research Group + mclennan,<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AIDJg0dm262PsjQpsWiC8dAljphP-BgMK-UXCu1AgHVJCwYmHhHrdQorNhSGBfGnmBlE5TvrkL59MI4ovKEgtWIl93xxaspUf_7PAANCk0k8aF3AyyiJwfEFRzTtCfF4bS8SEN6BvS1P9mG1BsodDlP5DPULLa7Ukh3pZWMs1BbBeizED9LyLqlwRwUo/s1000/action%20spectacle.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="1000" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AIDJg0dm262PsjQpsWiC8dAljphP-BgMK-UXCu1AgHVJCwYmHhHrdQorNhSGBfGnmBlE5TvrkL59MI4ovKEgtWIl93xxaspUf_7PAANCk0k8aF3AyyiJwfEFRzTtCfF4bS8SEN6BvS1P9mG1BsodDlP5DPULLa7Ukh3pZWMs1BbBeizED9LyLqlwRwUo/w390-h161/action%20spectacle.png" width="390" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://medium.com/@kemenyb/once-upon-a-bookstore-asphodels-grew-512346522429" target="_blank">Kemeny Babineau writes about the late Asphodel Books in Cleveland over at Medium</a></b>; <b><a href="https://www.action-spectacle.com/winter-2023-part-i/earl" target="_blank">Amanda Earl</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.action-spectacle.com/winter-2023-part-i/fitzpatrick" target="_blank">ryan fitzpatrick</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.action-spectacle.com/winter-2023-part-iii/konchan" target="_blank">Virginia Konchan</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.action-spectacle.com/winter-2023-part-iii/carr" target="_blank">Emily Carr</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.action-spectacle.com/winter-2023-part-iii/perry" target="_blank">Paul Perry</a></b> and <b><a href="https://www.action-spectacle.com/winter-2023-part-iii/blunt" target="_blank">Blunt Research Group</a></b>, among many others, <b><a href="https://www.action-spectacle.com/" target="_blank">have work in the winter volume of <i>Action, Spectacle</i>, an issue guest-edited by more than a dozen contemporary poets and editors, including rob mclennan</a></b>.</span><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-16876785441862443042024-02-09T10:00:00.042-05:002024-02-09T10:00:00.133-05:00new from above/ground press: BUSY SECRET, by Micah Ballard<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVNcrk5Vo14bt_8HamYvgjadW8uafLyDJmOfTI9kaUrq_t7DVA8VUBe2PrJaiTITBiqRE2zeSr9z_a4I6CL-ziUZtMCKzyLH9dOEZl9EDi9qHG3yYFbkJOu2DmuAt3pCR8_lrvYvmqNt43_d0UNacHhw09Rf1V5elcHk7-KOAE5a0plbVdhXLjBRESM0e/s603/aboveground%20ballard%20cover%20image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="452" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVNcrk5Vo14bt_8HamYvgjadW8uafLyDJmOfTI9kaUrq_t7DVA8VUBe2PrJaiTITBiqRE2zeSr9z_a4I6CL-ziUZtMCKzyLH9dOEZl9EDi9qHG3yYFbkJOu2DmuAt3pCR8_lrvYvmqNt43_d0UNacHhw09Rf1V5elcHk7-KOAE5a0plbVdhXLjBRESM0e/w320-h425/aboveground%20ballard%20cover%20image.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">BUSY SECRET<br />Micah Ballard<br />$5<br /><br /></span></b><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>FRANCIS FARMER</b><br /><br />Embroidering<br />pranks delicate helix hand<br />please forgive my radiance<br />of new and ferocious types<br />this is your tomb too<br />the remote control is for everyone<br />in the sky there’s no competition<br />cigarettes smoke themselves<br />all the clouds could care less<br />banter is only banter<br />it polishes its own secrets<br />when the heavenly demons<br />come back where will you be?<br />Please keep next to me<br /><br /></span></blockquote><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />February 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy</b><br /><br />Cover image/design: <b><a href="https://www.colterjacobsen.com/" target="_blank">Colter Jacobsen</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.usfca.edu/faculty/micah-ballard" target="_blank">Micah Ballard</a></b> is the author of over a dozen books of poetry including <i><b><a href="https://citylights.com/general-poetry/waifs-strays/" target="_blank">Waifs and Strays</a></b></i> (City Lights Books), <b><i><a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780988610866/afterlives.aspx" target="_blank">Afterlives</a></i></b> (Bootstrap Press), <i><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1385501.Micah_Ballard" target="_blank">The Michaux Notebook</a></b></i> (FMSBW), <i><b><a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780982160015/parish-krewes.aspx" target="_blank">Krewes</a></b></i> (Bootstrap Press), <i>Selected Prose, 2008-19</i> (Blue Press), <i><b><a href="https://uglyducklingpresse.org/publications/evangeline-downs/" target="_blank">Evangeline Downs</a></b></i> (Ugly Duckling Presse), <i>Daily Vigs</i> (Bird & Beckett Books), <i>Vesper Chimes</i> (Gas Meter), <i>Muddy Waters</i> (State Champs), and <i><b><a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781946741073/negative-capability-in-the-verse-of-john-wieners.aspx" target="_blank">Negative Capability in the Verse of John Wieners</a></b></i> (Bootstrap Press). He lives in San Francisco with poet <b><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sunnylyn-thibodeaux" target="_blank">Sunnylyn Thibodeaux</a></b>, their daughter Lorca, and co-edits <b><a href="http://augustepress.com/" target="_blank">Auguste Press</a></b> and <b><a href="https://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2014/01/auguste-presslew-gallery-editions-by-guillermo-parra.html" target="_blank">Lew Gallery Editions</a></b>.<br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-29936795706460462102024-02-06T10:00:00.016-05:002024-02-06T10:00:00.138-05:00new from above/ground press: The Old Man: new stories, by Clint Burnham<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIA6hKta0gwEtZj6UOt3lIL53GtWHHansaSaevuSK-5Gh8-KXamUMyFesHjyes6Ce1zj58y_Hn3W_dzjbItaJpxpBSZ8z0pxnrvzsUbR2YKuUBccAWe8rCbirD6sGd5p8uCEuBGtzsGrpBKAcAABnK1ONATSbG46HuCssV-f0R1QlzSdW78eYCkA58zb_/s724/Picture3.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="624" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIA6hKta0gwEtZj6UOt3lIL53GtWHHansaSaevuSK-5Gh8-KXamUMyFesHjyes6Ce1zj58y_Hn3W_dzjbItaJpxpBSZ8z0pxnrvzsUbR2YKuUBccAWe8rCbirD6sGd5p8uCEuBGtzsGrpBKAcAABnK1ONATSbG46HuCssV-f0R1QlzSdW78eYCkA58zb_/w390-h452/Picture3.png" width="390" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Old Man: new stories<br />Clint Burnham<br />$5</b><br /> </span><p></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">1. How was the conference, I asked him by text. It was 5 in the morning my time, an hour later where he was. Pretty good. Some interesting stuff. Some eye roll stuff. The usual. <br /><br />2. Her friend sent her some photographs of ikebana she had done. Their stark minimalism made her think of death - her mother had just died, it was on her mind I suppose. She looked it up and sure enough, under “ikebana” she read “A flower arrangement made to mark a death is typically constructed of white flowers, with some dead leaves and branches, arranged to express peace.” In her mind she dropped out the “is,” and thought ikebana was just about death, not one of the options.<br /><br />3. She mourned her mother who had died two months earlier, a mother who moved out when she was 8 years old, and now they - she and her sister - had to, had to sort all of her stuff, she’s given them nothing but bothering in life - okay, she gave birth to us but that was a bit of a settler’s gift, she thought, a smallpox blanket. She had given them nothing in life. And now they, her sister and she, had to sort their mother’s shit. Including some actual shit, because towards the end of her life she was using Depends and there were a few in the garbage can in her room. It was a white plastic bucket made to resemble an aluminum can, with chrome clamps on either side to keep the lid on tight so smells wouldn’t leak out. </span></blockquote><br /><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />February 2024<br /><a href="https://robmclennansindex.blogspot.com/2021/06/aboveground-press-prosenaut-imprint.html" target="_blank">as the twenty-third title in above/ground’s prose/naut imprint</a><br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br /><a href="https://www.sfu.ca/english/people-dir/faculty/clint-burham.html" target="_blank">Clint Burnham</a></b> teaches in Burnaby and lives in Vancouver. He was born in Comox, British Columbia, which is on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks (Sahtloot) First Nation, centred historically on kwaniwsam.<br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-7913111567103124352024-02-03T10:00:00.037-05:002024-02-03T13:56:06.929-05:00some author activity: carisse, Armantrout, Scroggins, Logan + Reid,<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KqRaOEAUGrXMw_9tacfBB_fm5glNNhoZDRnWPFtMho8ZIhB83iGs-Ckz8TpuDs8HynBHmzvwLKvlh9zvzcRPTUu7fNCv0Xsw9dmRxLbyLkrV5UXQPVXNX4sEEAjyT8z7PARiRMWQ55MeNe_znmLldb2f0HMjQpU1uZRSxd0r6Ti2cxQtn6Yg808aRShC/s2000/bafkreihxxz2auuhgszwhabtcg763p3wvgyevlsiukeof5xcxeqrwd7vp34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1538" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KqRaOEAUGrXMw_9tacfBB_fm5glNNhoZDRnWPFtMho8ZIhB83iGs-Ckz8TpuDs8HynBHmzvwLKvlh9zvzcRPTUu7fNCv0Xsw9dmRxLbyLkrV5UXQPVXNX4sEEAjyT8z7PARiRMWQ55MeNe_znmLldb2f0HMjQpU1uZRSxd0r6Ti2cxQtn6Yg808aRShC/w335-h435/bafkreihxxz2auuhgszwhabtcg763p3wvgyevlsiukeof5xcxeqrwd7vp34.jpg" width="335" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>r<a href="https://dadakuku.com/2024/01/04/someone-soneme/" target="_blank">ussell carisse has a new poem up at <i>dadakuku</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/05/gist-rae-armantrout-poem" target="_blank">Rae Armantrout has a poem up in <i>The New Yorker</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://jacket2.org/commentary/james-berger-naive-and-sentimental-poetics?fbclid=IwAR1Z6tT-CaDAuPYezEmDNdaeEsBoV5F8H9WF7_121k5Mk15ZX83ORA6QxPQ" target="_blank">Mark Scroggins' work gets some good critical attention by James Berger over at <i>Jacket2</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://www.leavingslitmag.com/iknowathingortwoaboutathingortwo" target="_blank">Nate Logan is featured over at <i>Leavings</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview-with-monty-reid/" target="_blank">and Monty Reid is interviewed by <i>Pinhole Poetry</i></a></b>, <b><a href="https://pinholepoetry.ca/4803-2/" target="_blank">which also includes a new poem</a></b>.</span><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-63323660195892873332024-02-02T10:00:00.015-05:002024-02-02T10:02:50.462-05:00new from above/ground press: Wars, by Angela Caporaso<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJ0eOr7r92GqAC4E-UsfBp2_pTUEx0zK2ljOg40jAqgCbZ7_dIReYwUesCoar-aXDDf_NVpMQ9XKK29PWbIdC0uSaL2dpn4P12ta5WK0H8isFNvz1YzJWXFuaHIDsDya3-XaW6skFFRSMeBdgT_Gh-HaKS1hT7ZJbCp_iInh9niP58TSV3zpvnvjBV97o/s1240/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1045" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJ0eOr7r92GqAC4E-UsfBp2_pTUEx0zK2ljOg40jAqgCbZ7_dIReYwUesCoar-aXDDf_NVpMQ9XKK29PWbIdC0uSaL2dpn4P12ta5WK0H8isFNvz1YzJWXFuaHIDsDya3-XaW6skFFRSMeBdgT_Gh-HaKS1hT7ZJbCp_iInh9niP58TSV3zpvnvjBV97o/w343-h407/Picture1.jpg" width="343" /></a></b></div><b>Wars<br />Angela Caporaso<br />$5<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv13u1H2CKzHtLXcmYGAKLN77ZNBRxLHvEvoqNYCsXmfyBlCkZNx4d1wYd3j_PkU3ljLjK5q7xUuL1_2X-tK5ZIoOGi56yZpWsIxR7_lDbe9AgCX20Z_i7R0b9R910_CtgoihBegjvYTVQr5mnpFfRCIpBidr6O-w6CBvCIno2yQCeGnwKys_MUn83fuhk/s1478/Picture2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1045" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv13u1H2CKzHtLXcmYGAKLN77ZNBRxLHvEvoqNYCsXmfyBlCkZNx4d1wYd3j_PkU3ljLjK5q7xUuL1_2X-tK5ZIoOGi56yZpWsIxR7_lDbe9AgCX20Z_i7R0b9R910_CtgoihBegjvYTVQr5mnpFfRCIpBidr6O-w6CBvCIno2yQCeGnwKys_MUn83fuhk/w365-h517/Picture2.jpg" width="365" /></a></div>Note:</b><br />These visual poems were inspired by some short poems by <b><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/w-h-auden" target="_blank">Wystan Hugh Auden</a></b>.<br /><br /><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />February 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br />Angela Caporaso</b> was born in 1962 and she is a visual artist from Caserta (Italy). She has begun to take an interest in figurative arts since the eighties, exhibiting repeatedly both in Italy and abroad. Many of her works are part of public and private collection adding numerous publications to her credit. Angela Caporaso is focusing on visual poetry and artists books, working with collages, trash-art and, more recently, digital formats. <b><a href="http://www.angelacaporaso.com/">http://www.angelacaporaso.com/</a></b><br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-5618679369336241732024-01-31T10:00:00.015-05:002024-01-31T10:00:00.258-05:00new from above/ground press: Fifty-Two Lines About Henry, by Cary Fagan<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoa95vk4wZZIRo9If0avjWeZfrTitMUjgAnorveXr8h3I0d6214FM8SeMOCbX3EJ0F9glV9_lZFDgHn0zOvWYf7DFA_XLdXWtkkh9bBcrMb5LYrPkDP_v43s1lWP_D0kI-B3LiW8585bzYK692NA930KDdH3KanxXBoV6UyRlPZV8lNqYs50rBa8vcUV5/s1408/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-15%20at%2011.29.58%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoa95vk4wZZIRo9If0avjWeZfrTitMUjgAnorveXr8h3I0d6214FM8SeMOCbX3EJ0F9glV9_lZFDgHn0zOvWYf7DFA_XLdXWtkkh9bBcrMb5LYrPkDP_v43s1lWP_D0kI-B3LiW8585bzYK692NA930KDdH3KanxXBoV6UyRlPZV8lNqYs50rBa8vcUV5/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-15%20at%2011.29.58%20AM.png" width="317" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Fifty-Two Lines About Henry<br />Cary Fagan<br />$5</b><br /><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">He felt vaguely guilty that blue was no longer his favourite colour.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He should never have bragged about loving the scariest horror movies but now there was nothing he could do about it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yes, he would write a sequel to <i>Crime and Punishment</i>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Hello? </i>He said, <i>hello, hello, hello, hello?</i></span></blockquote><b><br />published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />February 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br /><a href="https://www.caryfagan.com/" target="_blank">Cary Fagan’s</a></b> first chapbook was published in an edition of six copies, all typed by him. Some forty years later he is a co-editor of the chapbook house, <b><a href="http://espresso-chapbooks.com/" target="_blank">espresso</a></b>. He also publishes books for adults and kids, most recently <i><b><a href="https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/cary-fagan/the-animals-by-cary-fagan/" target="_blank">The Animals</a></b></i> (Book*Hug). He lives in Toronto.<br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-31153627744583537042024-01-29T10:00:00.025-05:002024-01-30T12:52:41.021-05:00new from above/ground press: The Pig’s Valise, by BLUNT RESEARCH GROUP<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF65fQWN1toI2WTZQtOdrRuadSDQrR3TawjnvZ_ppFjyzpwnFcfhD6AUjRkqJgvo_JgughgZyNs9RWt105fBTi9rJvjkb4-UO9V7ZoDhz8PrG1uagKVpwzH_zJHvMecUVNtdJx5V9u7W1LgD7gX8u4R8dgPN1DqPyFbRILiE8Z2c_qfTTCer6YtoCzZdl_/s1600/aboveground%20blunt%20research%20group%20cover%20image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="1600" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF65fQWN1toI2WTZQtOdrRuadSDQrR3TawjnvZ_ppFjyzpwnFcfhD6AUjRkqJgvo_JgughgZyNs9RWt105fBTi9rJvjkb4-UO9V7ZoDhz8PrG1uagKVpwzH_zJHvMecUVNtdJx5V9u7W1LgD7gX8u4R8dgPN1DqPyFbRILiE8Z2c_qfTTCer6YtoCzZdl_/w364-h165/aboveground%20blunt%20research%20group%20cover%20image.jpg" width="364" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />The Pig’s Valise<br />BLUNT RESEARCH GROUP<br />$5<br /><br /></span></b><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="false"
DefSemiHidden="false" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="376">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footer"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of figures"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope return"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="line number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="page number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of authorities"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="macro"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="toa heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Closing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Message Header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Salutation"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Date"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Note Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Block Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="FollowedHyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Document Map"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Plain Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="E-mail Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Top of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal (Web)"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Acronym"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Cite"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Code"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Definition"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Keyboard"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Preformatted"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Sample"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Typewriter"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Variable"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Table"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation subject"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="No List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Contemporary"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Elegant"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Professional"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Balloon Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Theme"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" QFormat="true"
Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="41" Name="Plain Table 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="42" Name="Plain Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="43" Name="Plain Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="44" Name="Plain Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="45" Name="Plain Table 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="40" Name="Grid Table Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="Grid Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="List Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="List Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="List Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Mention"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Smart Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hashtag"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Unresolved Mention"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Smart Link"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0cm;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span>Facing
home<br /><span>
</span>on and off<br /><span> </span>snatching a
little rest<br /><span> </span>before
the owner gets back<br /><span> </span>we see
the other creatures<br /><span> </span>pigs and goats<br /><span> </span>do any of us really
think<br /><span> </span>we’ll be turned back
into sailors? <br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>
</span>The animal forehead<br /><span> </span>draped with coins<br /><span> </span>untrue that we know <br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span>no
need to know </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>
</span><i>NEVER BE THE SAILOR.</i> <br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span>Had something been forgotten<br /><span>
</span>an adjustment a turn<br /><span> </span>a
final step? <br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>Wires crackle<br /><span>
</span>discharged on a word<br /><span> </span>wrongly
subsisting<br /><span> </span>the beautiful
parts of the dance<span> <br />
</span>signaled from below </span><br /><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />January 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br /><a href="http://bluntresearchgroup.site.wesleyan.edu/" target="_blank">BLUNT RESEARCH GROUP</a> (BRG)</b> is an anonymous collective of poets, artists, and scholars from diverse backgrounds. Its poems and essays have been published in journals such as <i>Chicago Review</i>, <i>Gulf Coast</i>, and<i> Fence</i>, and in books and pamphlets from Noemi Press (<i><b><a href="https://www.noemipress.org/catalog/chapbook/lost-privilege-company-or-the-book-of-listening/" target="_blank">Lost Privilege Company</a></b></i>, 2016) and in the Poetry Series of Wesleyan University Press (<i><b><a href="https://www.weslpress.org/9780819578617/the-work-shy/" target="_blank">The Work-Shy</a></b></i>, 2016, 2018)--a volume selected by Stephanie Burt in the <i>Yale Review</i> as one of the “Best First Books of Poetry” of 2016. Writing by BRG has also been adapted for theater production by Asher Hartman and incorporated into “States of Incarceration,” a show which traveled to museums in seventeen states in the U.S. between 2016 and 2019. Mike Davis has described the poetry of The Work-Shy as “an archaeology of humanity that should haunt us forever.”<br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-75029201860157536432024-01-27T10:00:00.037-05:002024-01-27T15:19:05.018-05:00some author activity: MacEachern, mclennan, Archer, Heroux + Barwin,<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAic_XUG_LhHZEHZLM5H-MjIq6Z9GBpTfVTzxCT_nwDstLOF1kvCN8C8oCr2-JhvVetoKt7C-RjwcJO_HEseg8heQzTzytC8-5vttkHSx7ACGzDRNW5dAk0wLCINwuYX-hpnHw3_n_C2JO2bzpfj-oDIlfP8dvORWn4V6jZLxc4p0PthnulxtEgAkGFUb/s150/logo_horsegear_150px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAic_XUG_LhHZEHZLM5H-MjIq6Z9GBpTfVTzxCT_nwDstLOF1kvCN8C8oCr2-JhvVetoKt7C-RjwcJO_HEseg8heQzTzytC8-5vttkHSx7ACGzDRNW5dAk0wLCINwuYX-hpnHw3_n_C2JO2bzpfj-oDIlfP8dvORWn4V6jZLxc4p0PthnulxtEgAkGFUb/w259-h259/logo_horsegear_150px.jpg" width="259" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="http://carouselmagazine.ca/c51-maceachern/" target="_blank">Jessi MacEachern</a></b>, <b><a href="http://carouselmagazine.ca/c51-drystek/" target="_blank">nina jane drystek</a></b>, <b><a href="http://carouselmagazine.ca/c51-mclennan/" target="_blank">rob mclennan</a></b> and <b><a href="http://carouselmagazine.ca/c51-archer/" target="_blank">Sacha Archer</a></b> (among others) <b><a href="http://carouselmagazine.ca" target="_blank">all have work in the final issue of <i>Carousel</i></a></b>, <b><a href="http://carouselmagazine.ca/c51-interview/" target="_blank">which also includes an interview between Jason Heroux and Jerrod Edson</a></b>; <b><a href="https://quillandquire.com/omni/nine-poets-named-to-lcp-spoken-word-award-shortlist/" target="_blank">and Gary Barwin is on the inaugural League of Canadian Poets Spoken Word Award shortlist</a></b>.</span><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-4216069454536549892024-01-24T10:00:00.037-05:002024-01-24T10:00:00.315-05:00new from above/ground press: A Crown of Omnivorous Teeth: poems in honour of Chris Johnson and raccoons in general, ed. Dessa Bayrock<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_-x3KwpavpAadEX19xmhojnGZKrYXo5BZKIwnw2mW5yxYq3DARY0eSuWXMGsoYJFzTEvRchZPmFyW9KoO42wEqvb4QiwEHF_MaSFocGwCcEbVlHKX6q_sFxij_De-K5_jrcim2cHPkF4ESj5ONIU1ywmHFXmlbGejk6KZJZS8IfhAme11MZ3CDDOgLfC/s612/aboveground%20raccoonthology%20cover%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="535" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_-x3KwpavpAadEX19xmhojnGZKrYXo5BZKIwnw2mW5yxYq3DARY0eSuWXMGsoYJFzTEvRchZPmFyW9KoO42wEqvb4QiwEHF_MaSFocGwCcEbVlHKX6q_sFxij_De-K5_jrcim2cHPkF4ESj5ONIU1ywmHFXmlbGejk6KZJZS8IfhAme11MZ3CDDOgLfC/w371-h424/aboveground%20raccoonthology%20cover%20image.jpg" width="371" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>A Crown of Omnivorous Teeth<br />poems in honour of Chris Johnson and raccoons in general<br />edied by Dessa Bayrock<br />$5<br /></b></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">with contributions by:<br /><br />Cameron Anstee <br />Manahil Bandukwala <br />Dessa Bayrock<br />Joshua Chris Bouchard <br />Liam Burke <br />Jake Byrne <br />Conyer Clayton <br />Ellen Chang-Richardson <br />AJ Dolman <br />nina jane drystek<br />Amanda Earl<br />Margo LaPierre<br />rob mclennan <br />James K. Moran<br />Emilia Morgan<br />David O'Meara <br />Pearl Pirie <br />and<br />Monty Reid <br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />There aren’t any proverbs about raccoons that I know of. But there should be. Here’s one, to start: <i>where you see one raccoon, there are five more standing behind it. <br /><br />Where you see one raccoon, there are ten more standing behind it. <br /><br />Where you see one raccoon, there are surely eighteen more standing behind it. </i><br /><br />This volume collects eighteen such raccoons — or, at least, impressions of raccoons. The thing these impressions have in common is the raccoon standing in the light, held endearingly by nineteen other beady eyes wedged into faces still firmly in the shadows. The raccoon standing in the light is, of course, Chris Johnson. (Editor’s Foreword, Dessa Bayrock)</span></blockquote><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />January 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br /><a href="http://touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2023/11/ttd-supplement-253-seven-questions-for.html" target="_blank">Dessa Bayrock</a></b> lives in Ottawa with two cats, one of whom is very loud and almost always nearby. She ran <b><a href="https://postghostpress.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">post ghost press</a></b> for two years and has published three chapbooks: <i><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49480092-is-it-about-ruins-and-ghosts" target="_blank">IS IT ABOUT RUINS AND GHOSTS?</a></b></i>, <b><i><a href="https://www.coveneditions.ca/publications" target="_blank">The Trick to Feeling Safe at Home</a></i></b>, and <i><b><a href="https://longconmag.com/product/worry-and-fuck/" target="_blank">Worry & Fuck</a></b></i>. She recently completed a doctorate about Canadian literary awards. You can find her, or at least more about her, at <b><a href="http://dessaybayrock.com">dessaybayrock.com</a></b>, or at <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dessayo/?hl=en" target="_blank">@dessayo on Instagram</a></b>. <br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-71858116702893487852024-01-20T10:00:00.032-05:002024-01-20T12:41:51.927-05:00some author activity: Barwin, Robertson, Armantrout + Houbolt,<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcjY7kF_sLbSBiPd9bw6WxuDnccXKKnN1oB6VGlmqcGsfj2U5OMkYWjWBLOHZXUIpRqejMYhGd1rw1v2UEjGcGu570zhTyIP4MonF2Ugs1YLdeOeT8TNw2i7Q_pB20fEgC0n-HPfdMHBEAk1mScsIe0Yqtmjld1Td3zjlQ1jw5l1h4Sg_F_xnBWs4oejG/s1600/aboveground%20blunt%20research%20group%20cover%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="1600" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcjY7kF_sLbSBiPd9bw6WxuDnccXKKnN1oB6VGlmqcGsfj2U5OMkYWjWBLOHZXUIpRqejMYhGd1rw1v2UEjGcGu570zhTyIP4MonF2Ugs1YLdeOeT8TNw2i7Q_pB20fEgC0n-HPfdMHBEAk1mScsIe0Yqtmjld1Td3zjlQ1jw5l1h4Sg_F_xnBWs4oejG/w373-h169/aboveground%20blunt%20research%20group%20cover%20image.jpg" width="373" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/how-gary-barwin-s-grandfather-influenced-his-relationship-to-language-as-a-writer-1.7082384" target="_blank">Gary Barwin is interviewed by Ali Hassan for CBC's <i>The Next Chapter</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://granta.com/in-conversation-kate-briggs-lisa-robertson/?fbclid=IwAR13Aa6LYR2BKfIW9zxNRhO9uzJUPP26zQlZgq0nN4hdBHJaQTPVWPDrebI" target="_blank">Lisa Robertson and Kate Briggs are in conversation online at <i>Granta</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n02/rae-armantrout/two-poems?fbclid=IwAR12W1sCas-Q7haaPm41dF7hXGnPguoJqTbDoWQ4Vj8ivqb5OgT4AWK6GlE" target="_blank">Rae Armantrout has two poems online at <i>London Review of Books</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://thebrokenspine.co.uk/2024/01/11/dogearfeature-exploring-the-depths-of-existence-a-conversation-with-poet-kyla-houbolt/" target="_blank">and Kyla Houbolt is interviewed over at <i>The Broken Spine</i></a></b></span><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-6828835287633094772024-01-17T10:00:00.039-05:002024-01-17T10:00:00.137-05:00new from above/ground press: MY STRUGGLE WITH NOUNS, by Gary Barwin<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hA2Mv9G95KPAQGiQ1tZKo3ZBwF4MHwemVduAyOpggHpPaj1TUlLDDsZrc5g4edGNMQcc21sfCFcKCkc0jV6-7L0JZPgIcMOsnrR4Zn5qJ3w1gLadrREzMW9aemBJ7gLtAVQk0yStUGiJBv9H6-2QB8f_vS_HF_n0GNH7-4qWf0NpVTra5vkri9gDLe1V/s1280/aboveground%20barwin%20MY%20STRUGGLE%20WITH%20NOUNS%20barwin%20cover%20image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="828" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hA2Mv9G95KPAQGiQ1tZKo3ZBwF4MHwemVduAyOpggHpPaj1TUlLDDsZrc5g4edGNMQcc21sfCFcKCkc0jV6-7L0JZPgIcMOsnrR4Zn5qJ3w1gLadrREzMW9aemBJ7gLtAVQk0yStUGiJBv9H6-2QB8f_vS_HF_n0GNH7-4qWf0NpVTra5vkri9gDLe1V/w353-h546/aboveground%20barwin%20MY%20STRUGGLE%20WITH%20NOUNS%20barwin%20cover%20image.jpg" width="353" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>MY STRUGGLE WITH NOUNS<br />Gary Barwin<br />$5</b><br /><br /><blockquote>womb-of-hearse <br />smells in stereo<br /> <br />indeed the inexpressible<br />might not be a potato<br /><br />I knew they would punish me<br /><br />time is reversed <br />would that mean I’m terrible or<br />the seabird's blueberry mouth?<br /> <br />the poet says when we age <br />a pig waits by the door<br /><br />songs have lost their birds<br />leaves falling from forgotten trees </blockquote></span><b>published in Ottawa by above/ground press<br />January 2024<br />a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy<br /><br />Gary Barwin</b> is a writer, composer, and multidisciplinary artist and the author of many books including <i><b><a href="https://guernicaeditions.com/products/duck-eats-yeast-quacks-explodes-man-loses-eye" target="_blank">Duck Eats Yeast, Quacks, Explodes; Man Loses Eye</a></b></i> (with Lillian Nećakov; 2023) and Imagining <i><b><a href="https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/imagining-imagining-essays-on-writing-identity-and-infinity" target="_blank">Imagining: Essays on Language, Identity and Infinity</a></b></i> (Wolsak & Wynn, 2023). Some of his multimedia works can be found at <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@garybarwin">https://www.youtube.com/@garybarwin</a></b> and audio work at <b><a href="https://garybarwin.bandcamp.com">https://garybarwin.bandcamp.com</a></b>. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. <b><a href="http://garybarwin.com">garybarwin.com</a></b><br /><br />This is Barwins’s eighth above/ground press chapbook, after “SYNONYMS FOR FISH,” <i><b><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2014/08/stanzas-magazine-bibliography-1993-2006.html" target="_blank">STANZAS</a></b></i> #26 (March, 2001), <b><i><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-from-aboveground-press-seedpod.html" target="_blank">Seedpod, Microfiche</a></i></b> (2013) and <a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2019/04/new-from-aboveground-press-dust-of-wren.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Dust of the Wren: poems and translations</b></i> </a>(2019), and the collaborative <b><i><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2018/03/new-from-aboveground-press-pleasure.html" target="_blank">PLEASURE BRISTLES</a></i></b> (with Alice Burdick; 2018), <b><i><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2018/03/new-from-aboveground-press.html" target="_blank">gravitynipplemilk anthroposcenesters</a></i></b> (with Tom Prime; 2018) and <i><b><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2020/11/new-from-aboveground-press-some-leaves.html" target="_blank">SOME LEAVES</a></b></i> (with rob mclennan, 2020), and <i><b><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2021/09/new-from-aboveground-press-saying-boy.html" target="_blank">SAYING “BOY” IN A WILDERNESS OF SONG</a></b></i> (2021).<br /><br />To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at <b><a href="http://www.robmclennan.blogspot.com">www.robmclennan.blogspot.com</a></b><br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-18591151073945006512024-01-15T20:14:00.001-05:002024-01-15T20:23:09.041-05:00The Factory Reading Series, January 23: Amanda Earl, Mia Morgan + Chris Johnson,<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0yyRe_Q79VBE5-ZoVIGQXI-2ucVnBNRsJgzTMCJ0nnkVo6d8i8CPZQYOGKFJspGUPilicdkZbbXml1X4RKx-xaSsQrUNKshyu4E0UCXx96ZJsuaUSWaNKijv-3u0hnKGx83GZs4GEs5iothLHKMVsIVqoqGuNCyrjfPs7WqsqwBJWSkKvZdxzIghongt/s3333/DSCF9478%20Curtis%20Perry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3333" data-original-width="2500" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0yyRe_Q79VBE5-ZoVIGQXI-2ucVnBNRsJgzTMCJ0nnkVo6d8i8CPZQYOGKFJspGUPilicdkZbbXml1X4RKx-xaSsQrUNKshyu4E0UCXx96ZJsuaUSWaNKijv-3u0hnKGx83GZs4GEs5iothLHKMVsIVqoqGuNCyrjfPs7WqsqwBJWSkKvZdxzIghongt/w354-h472/DSCF9478%20Curtis%20Perry.jpg" width="354" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Factory Reading Series Presents:<br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">readings by:<br /><br />Amanda Earl (Ottawa)<br />Mia Morgan (Ottawa)<br />+<br />Chris Johnson (Ottawa)</span></blockquote></b><b><i>lovingly hosted by rob mclennan</i><br />Tuesday, January 23, 2024<br />Doors 7pm / Reading 730pm<br /><a href="https://tentoescoffeeco.com/" target="_blank">Ten Toes Coffee House and Laundry<br />837 Somerset Street West</a> (at Rochester Street,<br /><br /><a href="https://amandaearl.com/" target="_blank">Amanda Earl's</a></b> latest book is <i>Beast Body Epic</i>. Her chapbook, <i>the Seasons, an excerpt from Welcome to Upper Zygonia</i> comes out this winter from Full House Literary. Earl is now offering an editing service. Ask her for more info.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://verseottawa.ca/en/performer/emiliamorgan" target="_blank">Emilia Morgan</a></b> is a Palestinian editor, writer, and small-press publisher. Their work appears in various places, including <i>talking about strawberries all of the time</i>, chaudiere books, and <i>Train: a poetry journal</i>. Emilia is the editorial half of Coven Editions poetry press and holds an MA in Literature and Film.<br /><br /><b>Chris Johnson</b> [photo credit: Curtis Perry] was born in Scarborough, ON, and currently lives on unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. He is the Managing Editor for <i>Arc Poetry Magazine</i>, a board member at the Ottawa Arts Council, a member of the selection committee for <i>Bywords.ca</i>, and a member of the creative collective VII. Chris' latest chapbook is <i><b><a href="http://www.anstrutherpress.com/#/320-lines-of-poetry-by-chris-johnson/" target="_blank">320 lines of poetry (counting blank lines)</a></b></i> (Anstruther Press, 2023).<br /><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428384157769435028.post-13544512868942988432024-01-13T10:00:00.022-05:002024-01-13T10:00:00.151-05:00some author activity: drystek, Eleftherion, Niespodziany + Reid,<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuv9SkQYzCa5dZrk0c4aszXaMUVtp8JvYCUcI-ofIjjXXcOGqyH3jaLZxzt3UIkCVy3mWzBXpFjSDt9SkBxN4-PKtHTuXXMxWeA1dGOfNnEDL8vP-BMHiiVqeXaPubKgkWni98C5F386YBZaL1j1W7uLUDSNG00L6B0dKsJh3cXGSZogxFRQqV3nB16XE3/s2000/mickey%20mouse%20this%20is%20fine.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="2000" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuv9SkQYzCa5dZrk0c4aszXaMUVtp8JvYCUcI-ofIjjXXcOGqyH3jaLZxzt3UIkCVy3mWzBXpFjSDt9SkBxN4-PKtHTuXXMxWeA1dGOfNnEDL8vP-BMHiiVqeXaPubKgkWni98C5F386YBZaL1j1W7uLUDSNG00L6B0dKsJh3cXGSZogxFRQqV3nB16XE3/w391-h217/mickey%20mouse%20this%20is%20fine.PNG" width="391" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://thehellebore.com/nina-jane/?fbclid=IwAR35-z5uZDn6Er48RV05_sNWsrHdTUX8G_i4l82Zx9eNPozviICYTe3kWgw" target="_blank">nina jane drystek has new work up at <i>The Hellebore</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://www.hotpinkmag.com/40-over-40/melissa-eleftherion-carr?fbclid=IwAR2kvFuGeaYv-XOgvSJfiJIzFYj_OcpSzcxVuw01ZB7CcsvNbMzIZkF2Vyw" target="_blank">Melissa Eleftherion has new work up at <i>Hot Pink Magazine</i></a></b>; <b><a href="https://www.neonpajamas.com/blog/favorite-books-2023?fbclid=IwAR3pgyWIMBIi7h7qOhI6rVjiggv8bxu_C_GtaeKej5Px45oYj2cR5il0Jag" target="_blank">Benjamin Niespodziany lists his "30 favorite authors (and their books) that I read in 2023"</a></b>; <b><a href="https://pinholepoetry.ca/issue-2-4/" target="_blank">and Monty Reid has work in the new issue of <i>Pinhole Poetry</i>.</a></b></span><br /><p></p>rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.com0