by prfire | Jan 24, 2013 | Book Reviews, Non-Fiction
Embodied in a wonderful cover illustration, the title A Woman Clothed in Words is a phrase twice abducted, from a Szumigalski poem which, like a shaman’s robe, is itself woven from sacred flotsam, favourite lines from Patrick Friesen, into an homage to him, “The Thin...
by prfire | Jan 24, 2013 | Book Reviews, Poetry
The main difference between travellers of old and today’s wanderers is that the former did not have to travel far from home to find themselves in a truly alien and dangerous territory teeming with shadows and tricksters. One could either perish there or overcome real...
by prfire | Jan 24, 2013 | Book Reviews, Poetry
An accomplished poet with several books of poetry, David Groulx presents us with a new collection, A Difficult Beauty. And with it, he gives us a glimpse into the physical, emotional, and spiritual losses experienced by the Aboriginal peoples at the hands of white...
by prfire | Jan 24, 2013 | Book Reviews, Fiction
Dave Williamson’s protagonist, Jenkins, is horny. His wife of many years, Barbara, passed away a couple of years before. And now, Jenkins is looking for love in all the wrong places. Will Jenkins find love or, at least, a cure for his horniness? That’s what this novel...
by prfire | Oct 24, 2012 | Book Reviews, Poetry
Rob Taylor’s debut collection, The Other Side of Ourselves – which in an earlier version won the Alfred G. Bailey Prize for an unpublished poetry manuscript – shows considerable talent and imagination. Here is a poet who likes to play with a variety of traditional...
by prfire | Oct 24, 2012 | Book Reviews, Poetry
Peter Norman’s debut poetry collection covers a lot of ground without staking out any particular section as its very own. Norman rhymes a bit, messes with perspectives, fiddles with techniques, primps a tendency to lists and catalogues, and it all sounds refreshing...
