Being an Artist
byI turned my back on writing, but it always ate at my conscience and slowly, poem by poem, story by story, crept back into my life.
Poetry
Poetry Questionnaire: Michael Pacey
byLike the other arts, poetry has no “use” at all, strictly speaking, yet it is essential to existence on this planet.
Writers on Success
by“Once the book comes out, it’s not yours anymore. It goes out into the world and makes friends or it doesn’t; you can’t do anything about that.”
Poetry Questionnaire: Karin Cope
byBeing broken down on a dock or lost in the fog or just sitting by the sea are all perfectly delicious traditional recipes for poems.
5 books for National Poetry Month
byHere are 5 books of poetry for you to enjoy in the peace and quiet as the sun slowly creeps its way back into our Atlantic Canadian sky.
Moncton gears up for Atlantic Book Awards
bypart of a larger effort to make the Atlantic Book Awards a truly regional initiative
A masterful examination of survival in crisp, poetic precision
byKarin Cope achieves a rare balance between sacredness and irreverence; each poem is at once quietly affecting and playfully persistent.