some author activity: Armantrout, Browne, Turner, Stebner, Dean, Barwin, Nichol + Heroux,

Rae Armantrout discusses two poems from her latest collection with Laynie Browne, Julia Bloch and Al Fireis as part of PoemTalk #207 at Jacket2; Michael Turner has a new poem up at the Chaudiere Books blog for National Poetry Month, as does Kevin Stebner, and even Leesa Dean; Gary Barwin has posted new music over at bandcamp, "I before H: music after bpNichol"; and Jason Heroux has a new poem up at unbroken.

some author activity: Graham, Stuart, Konchan, Simpson, Siklosi, Turner + Rogal,

Lea Graham has a new poem up at the Chaudiere Books blog as part of National Poetry Month, as does Kate Siklosi (a collaboration with psw) and Cecilia Stuart and even Virginia Konchan; Natalie Simpson has a new poem up at Train : a poetry journal; Michael Turner is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; and Stan Rogal has new poems up at where is the river.

some author activity: Armantrout, O'Reilly, Sikkema, McElroy, mclennan + Turner,

Rae Armantrout has a new poem posted in the London Review of Books; Nathanael O'Reilly has work in the debut issue of Bealtaine magazine; Michael Sikkema has a new poem up on the Chaudiere Books blog as part of National Poetry Month, as does Gil McElroy; and rob mclennan and Michael Turner (among others) have new poems posted as part of The Mirimachi Reader.

some author activity: Armantrout, eckhoff, Bök + Turner,

Rae Armantrout has a new poem up at The Nation; kevin mcpherson eckhoff has a new essay in the "On Writing" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter; Christian Bök is interviewed over at Ashberyland; and Michael Turner presents his musical tribute to Vancouver's west side over at Q.

new from above/ground press: Fugue, by Michael Turner

Fugue
Michael Turner
$3

Muse

The story is told of a woman who broke into the home of another woman, a writer, and forced her from her bed and into her study, where for three hours she held a loaded gun to her head after whispering the words, “Now write something.”

“It is difficult to write under such conditions,” the writer kept saying, writing, but at the end of three hours she happily announced that she might have the start of something, and that, said the intruder, was all she needed to hear.

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
October 2016
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

Michael Turner is a Vancouver-based writer of fiction, criticism and song.

Produced, in part, for distribution as part of the Festival of Readers and The Concept of Vancouver conference in St. Catharines, Ontario, October 13-15, 2016. Thanks much to Gregory and Lisa Betts for their help and support. http://www.festivalofreaders.com

To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; outside Canada, add $2) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9 or paypal at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com