some author activity: Barwin, Tierney, Strang, Mc Donnell, Sparrow, Swensen, Johnson + Earl,

Doreen Nicoll interviews Gary Barwin for the Small Change Podcast; Orchid Tierney has new work in petrichor; Catriona Strang has a poem up at the Chaudiere Books blog as part of National Poetry Month, as does Conor Mc Donnell, Noah Sparrow, Cole Swensen and Chris Johnson; and Amanda Earl is part of an assemblage of translations of John Keats over at Asymptote, as curated by Johanna Drucker.

some author activity: Boyle, Carr, Johnson, Mc Donnell + mclennan,

Frances Boyle has new work up at talking about strawberries all of the time; Julie Carr is interviewed over at Tupelo Quarterly; Chris Johnson has a poem in the "Tuesday poem" series; Conor Mc Donnell has an essay up at The Woodlot, as does rob mclennan, who also offers an essay on his new poetry manuscript-in-progress, a poem from such is now up at minor literature[s].

some author activity: Barwin, Donato, Smiley, dueck, Mc Donnell + Boyle,

Gary Barwin is interviewed by Selena Mercuri as part of the substack Coffee Dates with Authors; Joseph Donato is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; Conal Smiley has a poem in the "Tuesday poem" series; nathan dueck offers a lecture in Cranbrook, British Columbia on September 24 as part of COTR's Museia Lecture series, titled 'Jesus vs Superman'; Conor Mc Donnell is interviewed by Sheelagh Caygill for On Creative Writing; and Frances Boyle has a new poem online at Anacapa Review.

some author activity: Flowers, Mc Donnell, Strang, Rogal, Carr + Nichol,

Neil Flowers has a new poem up at The Typescript; Conor Mc Donnell has a poem and statement up at the Spotlight series; Catriona Strang has a new poem in the "Tuesday poem' series; Stan Rogal has two new poems up at The Pi Review; Julie Carr has new work up at Antiphony; and a 1984 episode of the TVO program Canadian Literature is on YouTube, featuring the late Toronto poet bpNichol.

some author activity: Mc Donnell, Caporaso, Levy, Deutch, Unrau, Logan + Pirie,

Conor Mc Donnell has a new essay up at Chris Banks' new online journal, The Woodlot; Angela Caporaso and forthcoming author John Levy both have poems in the new issue of talking about strawberries all of the time; Amanda Deutch has new work at Warmly Zine; and Melanie Dennis Unrau, Nate Logan and Pearl Pirie each have new poems up at the Chaudiere Books blog as part of National Poetry Month!

some author activity: Niespodziany, Pakdel, Mc Donnell, Logan, mclennan + Earl,

Benjamin Niespodziany is interviewed over at talking about strawberries all of the time; forthcoming author Saba Pakdel is featured over at rob mclennan's Spotlight Series; Conor Mc Donnell is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews, as is Nate Logan, who also has new work up at talking about strawberries all of the time; as does rob mclennan ; and Amanda Earl has a piece posted in the Poetry Pause series via The League of Canadian Poets.

new from above/ground press: In the Museum, by Conor Mc Donnell

In the Museum
Conor Mc Donnell
$5

In the Museum             Capgras’ Exhibit

[Reference 3]

(1) These people were for teaching purposes only. (2) The compromise grew subject to stories of air electricity & oils. (3) Began with smudges on portraits  stains on a face lazy words waiting for sound to be made. (4) Their hearts sweat & swell like coronal silhouettes. (5) They split and float to the surface switching off ancient death signals on the way smoothing rough edges and sanitizing variant geometries. (6) There are no textures when it is done. (7) The museum knows the difference. (8) Nothing is moving now. (9) Paintings sculptures tapestries all replaced with perfect soulless copies. (10) Nothing behind the eyes. (11)

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
June 2021
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

cover illustration / Ogham translation by the author

Conor Mc Donnell is a physician & poet. His debut poetry collection, Recovery Community, is now available on Mansfield Press. This is his 3rd chapbook. His next full poetry collection is titled This Insistent List.

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 www.robmclennan.blogspot.com