some author activity: hastain, Price, Baker, Blouin + Downs,

j/j hastain and Juliet Cook have some new collaborative work up at tenderness, yea; Katie L. Price is interviewed over at Speaking of Marvels; Jennifer Baker was interviewed earlier this year at Aella's blog; Michael Blouin has a new essay up at my (small press) writing day; and Buck Downs is featured at Medium as part of rob mclennan's Spotlight series.

Katie L. Price interviewed at Speaking at Marvels

Katie L. Price is interviewed over at Speaking at Marvels around her second above/ground press title, Sickly (2015) [while referencing her first, BRCA: Birth of a Patient (2015)]. See the full interview here.

some author activity: Bramer, Dueck + Graham,

Shannon Bramer has a new poem up in the "Tuesday poem" series over at the dusie blog; Nathan Dueck has four new poems up at Our Teeth; and Lea Graham is interviewed over at Speaking of Marvels.

rob mclennan interview : Speaking of Marvels

An interview rob mclennan did back in February around the chapbook Four Stories (Apostrophe Press) is now online at Speaking of Marvels. If you're interested in a copy of the chapbook, send $5 (CAN/US; International, send $7; either send an email at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or utilize the paypal button at robmclennan.blogspot.com). For other interviews with rob mclennan that have posted online, check the ongoing list here.

Sarah Mangold interviewed at Speaking of Marvels

American poet Sarah Mangold was interviewed over at Speaking of Marvels on her third above/ground press title (which is, of course, still available), A Copyist, an Astronomer, and a Calendar Expert (2016).

some author activity: Earl, Moritz, Smith + Gunnars,

Amanda Earl has a new poem up at The Steel Chisel; Rachel Moritz is interviewed over at Speaking of Marvels; Pete Smith is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; and Kristjana Gunnars is interviewed as part of a series of interview with former writers-in-residence at the University of Alberta.