some author activity: Kroetsch, Earl, Schmaltz + Christie,

Robert Kroetsch gets a short write-up by Wendy McGrath as part of Brick Books' Celebration of Canadian Poetry; Amanda Earl provides a short write-up for her most recent chapbook, A Book of Saints; THE ASSEMBLY LINE OF BABEL by Eric Schmaltz opens on September 25 a the Niagara Arts Centre, St. Catharines ON, Schmaltz also has a new poem posted as part of the "Tuesday poem" series over at the dusie blog; and Jason Christie is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.