Julia Polyck-O'Neill and Gregory Betts etc read as part of The Kestrel Readings, June 4, 2019 (Vancouver BC);

See the Facebook invitation for such here.

some author activity: Tate, Unsworth, Eleftherion + Schmaltz,

Bronwen Tate has some poems in The Tiny, and there is a recent article on her and her work online at Potash Hill: The Magazine of Marlboro College; forthcoming author Lydia Unsworth has a new poem up at Litter, and another up at Train : a poetry journal; Melissa Eleftherion has new work up at SWWIM; and the last of Eric Schmaltz' commentaries is now online at Jacket2.

Bill Neumire reviews Gil McElroy's LAOS (Some Julian Days) in Vallum 16:1

Bill Neumire was good enough to provide the first review of Gil McElroy's LAOS (Some Julian Days) (2018) in Vallum 16:1, "Connections," which was just released at the beginning of the month. Thanks so much! To see the full review, you have to pick up a copy of the issue, but the three-page review includes:

The speaker of these poems, though framed in a clipped, military aura, is a judgmental observer offering a tint of sadness in abstraction. It’s musical and emotionally effective, and he even becomes touchingly connected, or at least desiring of connection in lines like, “[t]he / very knowing / of you…” and “[t]ouching, / touching the ugly / of each other” from section 2457712. The continuous structure rings similar to Leaves of Grass or other projects of continuation, but unlike Whitman, it’s not an inclusively democratic gesture; rather, the language is quirky, Cummings-like in its jarring utterances that remain committed to sound, to alliteration, internal rhyme, and slant rhyme.

some author activity: Unsworth, Clayton, Graham + Higdon,

forthcoming author Lydia Unsworth has an essay in the "On Writing" series at the ottawa poetry newsletter; forthcoming author Conyer Clayton is featured in rob mclennan's Spotlight series via Medium; Lea Graham has a new poem up at typishly; and Hailey Higdon is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.

some author activity: Sharp, mclennan, Rohrer + Bowering,

Travis Sharp is interviewed via poetry mini interviews, and has new work up at where is the river; rob mclennan is interviewed by the Ottawa Arts Council, as part of a spotlight; forthcoming author Jane Virginia Rohrer has a new poem up at the Chaudiere Books blog as part of National Poetry Month; and Rob Taylor conducts a two-part interview with Georges Bowering and Stanley (among other BC poets) for National Poetry Month.

some author activity: Kronovet, Stewart, Johnson, Brockwell, Polyck-O'Neill + Nilson,

Jennifer Kronovet is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Fenn Stewart has a guest post up at The League of Canadian Poets blog for National Poetry Month; forthcoming author Chris Johnson has a poem up at the Chaudiere Books blog for National Poetry Month, as do Stephen Brockwell, Julia Polyck-O'Neill and Geoffrey Nilson.