some author activity: Robinson, Kemp, Jenks, Inniss, Davies + Browne,

Elizabeth Robinson has new work in Under a Warm Green Linden; Penn Kemp has a poem and an article up at SAGE-ING; SJ Fowler interviews Tom Jenks for 3AM magazine; Scott Inniss interviews Kevin Davies over at Jacket2; and the Philly Poetry Chapbook Review offers five new poems by forthcoming author Laynie Browne.

some author activity: Kelly, mclennan, Tierney, Sandhu + Gray,

J-T Kelly has a stack of poems up at UCity Review, and is featured over at Poetry is Currency; rob mclennan has a new poem up at Scrivener Creative Review; Rebecca Hawkes, John Garaets, and Orchid Tierney talk about Big Poetry, her collection this abattoir is a college, and MFA programmes via Zoom recording; Mandy Sandhu has a poem in the "Tuesday poem" series; and I'd somehow missed that Stephanie Gray had a series of pieces posted over at Jacket2.

some author activity: Rogal, mclennan, Burdick, Jirgens, Browne, Berlatsky + Boyle,

Stan Rogal is interviewed for National Poetry Month at All Lit Up, and a poem by rob mclennan is posted as part of such; rob mclennan has a new poem up at Oatleaf; Alice Burdick is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; Karl Jirgens is included in a feature dedicated to the life and work of Lyn Hejinian at Jacket2, as co-edited by forthcoming author Laynie Browne; Noah Berlatsky has a poem up at Oatleaf; and Frances Boyle has a new poem up at Glass: A Journal of Poetry.

some author activity: carisse, Armantrout, Scroggins, Logan + Reid,

russell carisse has a new poem up at dadakuku; Rae Armantrout has a poem up in The New Yorker; Mark Scroggins' work gets some good critical attention by James Berger over at Jacket2; Nate Logan is featured over at Leavings; and Monty Reid is interviewed by Pinhole Poetry, which also includes a new poem.

some author activity: Rogal, Collis, Downs + Niespodziany,

Stan Rogal has some poems up at The Pi Review; a poem by Stephen Collis is discussed by Pattie McCarthy, Kate Colby and Lily Applebaum via the Jacket2 podcast PoemTalk; an article (with interview) on Buck Downs' latest project, "The Poet Posting Stickers All Over Washington D.C.," is covered by The Click; and Benjamin Niespodziany is interviewed over at the new podcast We All Speak In Poems.

some author activity: Siklosi, Adams, Ross + Dennis,

Kate Siklosi has a new essay up at Jacket2; Carrie Olivia Adams is interviewed by Karlie Herndon and Kevin Thomason for The University of Arizona Poetry Center; Stuart Ross and Michael Dennis are doing a house reading in Altmonte, Ontario on July 11; and Stuart Ross will be running a poetry workshop in Vanier (Ottawa) on Sunday, July 21 (spaces are limited; email razovsky@gmail.com for availability).

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.

some author activity: Sweeney, Etherin, Schmaltz, Clayton + Eleftherion,

[Heather Sweeney launching her new above/ground press chapbook at Storyfort in Boise, Idaho as part of the Treefort festival] Anthony Etherin provides an essay in the my (small press) writing day series; further of Eric Schmaltz's commentaries have been appearing at Jacket2; forthcoming author Conyer Clayton has a poem up at Train : a poetry journal, as well as in the Tuesday poem series, over at the dusie blog; and Melissa Eleftherion has new work up in Dream Pop Journal #7.

some author activity: Schmaltz, Pirie, Hajnoczky, Radmore + Waldrop,

Eric Schmaltz is posting a series of 'commentaries' over at Jacket2; Pearl Pirie has a new essay up at my (small press) writing day, as does Helen Hajnoczky, Claudia Coutu Radmore has a poem in the Poetry Pause series via The League of Canadian Poets; and Rosmarie Waldrop has a poem up at Poets.org.

some author activity: Eleftherion, Kaminski, Reed + Barwin,

Melissa Eleftherion has some new work in issue #20 of the online Pretty Owl Poetry, as well as two new poems up at Nomadic Coffee; an article on the University of Kansas website features Megan Kaminski and her latest above/ground press chapbook; Jacket2 posted a short piece remembering the late poet Marthe Reed; and Gary Barwin is interviewed for the first in a new series of podcasts hosted by Hamilton Review of Books, conducted/hosted by Krista Foss.

some author activity: Mavreas, Tucker, Townsend + Dennis,

Billy Mavreas is discussed briefly by Al Filreis over at Jacket2; Aaron Tucker is interviewed over at Train : a poetry journal; Jamie Townsend has a new poem up in the Tuesday poem series; and Michael Dennis and Kirsty Jackson are interviewed on their art collection.

some author activity: Trivedi, Collis, Braune, Ladouceur + Ayer,

Amish Trivedi has an excerpt of a current work-in-progress, along with a note on the project, now up at Jacket2; Stephen Collis has a new poem up at Train : a poetry journal, as does Sean Braune; Dayne Ogilvie winner Ben Ladouceur is interviewed over at Open Book; and forthcoming author Beth Ayer has a new poem up in the "Tuesday poem" series over at the dusie blog.

Avant-Canada: On the Canadian avant-garde, eds. Betts + Price, Jacket2

above/ground press authors Gregory Betts and Katie L. Price have co-edited "Avant-Canada: On the Canadian avant-garde" over at Jacket2, featuring a series of essays that came out of the Avant Canada: Artists, Prophets, Revolutionaries conference that was held at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, November 4–6, 2014.

Check out here to see their introduction, and links to the featured essays. The list of contributors to the feature includes essays by past and present above/ground press authors Stephen Collis, Alex Porco, Lori Emerson and Erín Moure, as well as Sarah Dowling, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Kaie Kellough, Tyrus Miller, Heather Milne and Vanessa Place, with critical pieces on Jordan Abel, Christian Bök, Ron Silliman, Erin Wunker, Michael Nardone, Lillian Allan, Steve McCaffery, d'bi.young, Lee Maracle, Jeff Derksen, Louis Cabri and Rachel Zolf.

some author activity: mclennan, Earl + Reed,

rob mclennan responds to Sachiko Murakami's questions as part of her "The Hardest Thing About Being A Writer" series; Amanda Earl is featured over at Drunken Boat, and has a new visual poem up at h&; and Marthe Reed interviews Laura Mullen over at Jacket2.

some author activity: Christie, Jones, Abel, Kroetsch + beaulieu,

Jason Christie has some new poems up at Our Teeth; Philip Lanthier's personal recollection of D.G. Jones is now online at The Walrus; Stan Mir writes on Jordan Abel over at Jacket2; Jean McKay wrote on Robert Kroetsch as part of the Celebration of Canadian Poetry over at Brick Books; and derek beaulieu discusses "The horror of being a novelist."

some author activity: Maguire, beaulieu, Schmaltz + Armantrout,

Shannon Maguire is interviewed over at the BookThug website; derek beaulieu has new work up at NewPoetry; Eric Schmaltz writes on kaie kellough as part of Brick Books' Celebration of Canadian Poetry; and Matthew Gagnon writes on Rae Armantrout over at Jacket2.

some author activity: Kronovet, Poe, Baus, Landman + Cooley,

Jennifer Kronovet's second full-length poetry manuscript has been picked up by Ecco, as part of the National Poetry Series; Deborah Poe reviews and interviews Elizabeth Savage over at Jacket2; Eric Baus and Seth Landman have pieces in the "Insect Poetics" issue, guest-edited by Mathias Svalina, of Evening Will Come; and Monique Sherrett writes on Dennis Cooley for Brick Books' year-long Celebration of Canadian Poetry.

some author activity: mclennan, Poe, Barwin, fitzpatrick + Martin,

rob mclennan is interviewed on his first collection of short stories; Deborah Poe writes on Jen Currin over at Jacket2; Gary Barwin has a new poem posted at h&; ryan fitzpatrick has a short essay on 2 Works, 3 Talks, 6 Questions by Eric Moschopedis (with Keyede Osuntokun and Bryce Krynski), a recent show at The New Gallery in Calgary; and Camille Martin's work is discussed in an essay by Kristina Marie Darling at Tupelo Quarterly.

some author activity: Cain, Brockwell, mclennan, Pirie + dueck,

Stephen Cain has a new poem posted as part of the "Tuesday poem" series over at dusie; a new interview with Stephen Brockwell is now up at Jacket2; rob mclennan has a new poem up at Queen Mob's Teahouse; Pearl Pirie is interviewed over at Apt 613; nathan dueck has a new poem up at The Winnipeg Review; and rob mclennan even gets some Twitter-love from Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)!

some author activity: Armantrout, Earl, Irwin, Dyckman, beaulieu + Pirie,

Rae Armantrout has a new poem up at New Republic; Amanda Earl has posted some new work on her visual poetry blog; a short interview with Marilyn Irwin is now online at Jacket2; Susanne Dyckman answers the '12 or 20 questions' interview series; derek beaulieu is profiled at Athabasca University's English-Canadian Writers page; and Pearl Pirie answers "The War Series" questionnaire over at Open Book: Toronto.