HAL magazine, guest edited by Karl Jirgens : Bowering, Spinosa, Earl, Tucker, Davey, Hogg, Clarke, McCaffery, Betts, beaulieu, Rogal, Hall, Lynes, Nećakov, mclennan, Barwin, Arnott, Ross + Norris,

In case you haven't seen, above/ground press author Karl Jirgens guest-edited the fourteenth anniversary issue of Hamilton Arts and Letters, and included work by a whole ton of folk, including numerous (current and former) above/ground press authors! Why not check out the issue as a whole? Or check out the specific submissions by George Bowering, Dani Spinosa, Amanda Earl, Aaron Tucker, Frank Davey, Robert Hogg, George Elliott Clarke, Steve McCaffery, Gregory Betts, derek beaulieu, Stan Rogal, Phil Hall, Jeanette Lynes, Lillian Nećakov, rob mclennan, Gary Barwin, Joanne Arnott, Stuart Ross and Ken Norris! And there are bunches of others as well! So you really have to check out the issue as a whole, really.

Ben Ladouceur reviews John Barton’s Reframing Paul Cadmus (2016) in Hamilton Arts & Letters

Poet and editor (and above/ground press author) Ben Ladouceur was good enough to review John Barton’s Reframing Paul Cadmus (2016) at Hamilton Arts & Letters. Thanks so much! This is actually the second review of Barton's chapbook, after Joel W. Vaughan posted a review over at Broken Pencil. You can see Ladouceur's review here.

some author activity: Beaulieu, Price, Cook, Archer + Reed,

"At a Distance from One's Own Body: A Conversation with Derek Beaulieu and Katie L. Price" is now online at Hamilton Arts & Letters; Sarah Cook has a new essay on Anne Sexton over at many gendered mothers; forthcoming author Sacha Archer has some new work up at h&; and Marthe Reed is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.