Some author activity: Pirie, Armantrout, Ladouceur, Earl and Kroetsch,

Pearl Pirie answers some questions over at Open Book; Rae Armantrout has some new poems posted at Jacket2; and Ben Ladouceur has won second prize in the Carleton University Writing Competition (see his poem here). Congratulations, Ben! Amanda Earl has posted another Poetry Talk on her blog, and the University of Alberta Press report on the recent Robert Kroetsch: A Celebration event in Edmonton.