some author activity: Martin, Baus, Hajnoczky, Smith + Robertson,

Camille Martin is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey, as is Eric Baus; Helen Hajnoczky reads every page of Jordan Scott's blert (Coach House Books, 2008) all at once; Camille Martin has twenty poems from a work-in-progress appear online in Stride magazine; Jessica Smith writes on Ron Silliman over at Jacket2; and Maria Lind writes on Lisa Robertson in ArtReview.

North of Intention: Stewart, Quartermain, Betts, L'Abbe, echoff + others,

Various Canadian authors (and above/ground press authors) participate in North of Intention over at Jacket2, including Christine Stewart and Meredith Quartermain on Fred Wah, Gregory Betts on M. NorbeSe Philip, Sonnet L'Abbe on Stephen Collis, kevin mcpherson eckhoff and Jake Kennedy (collaboratively) on Jordan Scott, all curated by Sarah Dowling.