some author activity: mclennan, Earl, Abel, Armantrout, Mangold + Wilkinson,

rob mclennan has four new poems online over at The Avatar Review; Gary Barwin writes on Amanda Earl's visual poetry over at Jacket2; Jordan Abel continues to blog for The Capilano Review; Rae Armantrout has a new poem posted as part of the dusie "Tuesday poem" series (and we have just confirmed that a second above/ground press chapbook of hers will appear this fall!); Sarah Mangold is featured with an "Author's statement" and a poem on the National Endowment for the Arts Writer's Corner; and Joshua Marie Wilkinson lists his "summer reads" over at HTMLGiant.

some author activity: Anstee, McKinnon, mclennan, Landman, eckhoff, Hall + Bowering,

Over on his mighty blog, Cameron Anstee (briefly) discusses a couple of things, including above/ground press, and his poems in the new issue of ottawater; the first of a four-part interview with Barry McKinnon, conducted by rob mclennan, is now online at the filling Station magazine website, as an extra to their new issue focusing on Prince George BC poets and poetics; Seth Landman has something new in HTMLGIANT; kevin mcpherson eckhoff is offering a series of what he calls "inside fridge painting originals"; and Phil Hall and George Bowering perform along with many others at The Al Purdy Show in Toronto, February 6, 2013, as a celebration of poetry and music to benefit to the Al Purdy A-Frame.