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We Like Feelings. We Are Serious.

We Like Feelings. We Are Serious.

by Julie McIsaac

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This Is Why We're Made in the Dark

This Is Why We're Made in the Dark

by Justin Lauzon

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Only Seemly

Only Seemly

by Guy Birchard
edited by Stan Dragland

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Culverts Beneath the Narrow Road

Culverts Beneath the Narrow Road

by Brenda Schmidt

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Nightlight for Children of Insomniacs

Nightlight for Children of Insomniacs

by Shannon Quinn

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Port of Being

Port of Being

by Shazia Hafiz Ramji

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Slinky Naive

Slinky Naive

by Caroline Szpak

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Salt Fires

Salt Fires

by Janet Barkhouse

"Timeless, wise, and sensual." —Barry Dempster, author of Disturbing the Buddha

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As Long As the Sun Shines

As Long As the Sun Shines

by Janet Rogers

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Everyone Rides the Bus in a City of Losers

Everyone Rides the Bus in a City of Losers

by Jason Freure

“A nostalgic, irreverent debut collection arranged according to the city’s metro. Simultaneously flaneur and commuter (“a young man with a noteb …

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It Begins With The Body

It Begins With The Body

by Hana Shafi

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Holy Wild

Holy Wild

by Gwen Benaway

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Panoptic

by Thomas Gannon Hamilton

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Every Shameless Ray

Every Shameless Ray

by Leslie Timmins

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Flowers for Hitler

Flowers for Hitler

by Leonard Cohen

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Midday at the Super-Kamiokande

Midday at the Super-Kamiokande

by Matthew Tierney

There's a brand-new law of thermodynamics waiting to be discovered in the poems of Matthew Tierney, which zip and whiz about the page with beguiling a …

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No Rainbow and Other Poems

No Rainbow and Other Poems

by Laura Kooji

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Treaty 6 Deixis

Treaty 6 Deixis

by Christine Stewart

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The Essential Charles Bruce

The Essential Charles Bruce

by Charles Bruce
selected by Carmine Starnino

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Seven Sacred Truths

Seven Sacred Truths

by Wanda John-Kehewin

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One Way Ticket

One Way Ticket

by David Tucker

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I Sleep in the Arms of Your Eyes

I Sleep in the Arms of Your Eyes

by Beverly Ellenbogen

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Deportment

Deportment

The Poetry of Alice Burdick

by Alice Burdick
edited by Alessandro Porco

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a toast to illness

a toast to illness

by Corrado Paina

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Paper Caskets

Paper Caskets

by Emilia Danielewska

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The Nectar of Pain

The Nectar of Pain

by Najwa Zebian

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Some of Us and Most of You Are Dead

Some of Us and Most of You Are Dead

by Peter Norman

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Obits.

Obits.

by Tess Liem

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For the Changing Moon

For the Changing Moon

Poems and Songs

by Anna Marie Sewell

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Let Us Compare Mythologies

Let Us Compare Mythologies

by Leonard Cohen

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Dread Poetry and Freedom

Dread Poetry and Freedom

Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution

by David Austin

Praise for Fear of a Black Nation: "[this book] solidifies David Austin's place as one of the most important Black writers and intellectuals in North …

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Undiscovered Country

Undiscovered Country

by Al Rempel

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What Your Hands Have Done

What Your Hands Have Done

by Chris Bailey

Chris Bailey canvasses easily—adroitly—that difficult, East Coast world of hardscrabble, hard-luck ports and hard-living, hard-drinking fishers, t …

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Practical Anxiety

Practical Anxiety

by Heidi Greco

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How to Avoid Huge Ships

How to Avoid Huge Ships

by Julie Bruck

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Glitter and Fall

Glitter and Fall

by Di Brandt

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Chinatown Ghosts

Chinatown Ghosts

The Poems and Photographs of Jim Wong-Chu

by Jim Wong-Chu

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Amateurs at Love

Amateurs at Love

by Patricia Young

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Tendrils

Tendrils

by Michèle Vinet

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if wants to be the same as is

if wants to be the same as is

Essential Poems of David Bromige

by David Bromige
edited by Bob Perelman & Jack Krick
introduction by George Bowering

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Poetry Is Blood

Poetry Is Blood

by Keith Garebian

Poetry is Blood is a passionate and riveting journey into Armenian genocide memory and trauma, vision, and fact. Garebian's poems bear witness across …

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Matronalia

Matronalia

by A. B. Dillon

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The Flame

The Flame

by Leonard Cohen

A Heather's Pick

"There is something irresistible about Cohen's charm." --The New Yorker
"Leonard Cohen was the poet laureate of the lack, the psalmist …

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SKY WRI TEI NGS

SKY WRI TEI NGS

by Nasser Hussain

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Shatter the Glass, Shards of Flame

Shatter the Glass, Shards of Flame

by Gerald Arthur Moore

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Death of a Lady's Man

Death of a Lady's Man

by Leonard Cohen

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Infrangible

Infrangible

by Carol Barbour

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Dividing the Wayside

Dividing the Wayside

by Jenny Haysom

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Goodbye Horses

Goodbye Horses

by Nathaniel G. Moore

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Quarrels

Quarrels

by Eve Joseph

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Anatomy of an Injury

Anatomy of an Injury

by Myna Wallin

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Paradise, Later Years

Paradise, Later Years

by Marion Quednau

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Beyond Forgetting

Beyond Forgetting

Celebrating 100 Years of Al Purdy

edited by Howard White & Emma Skagen
foreword by Steven Heighton

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Bec and Call

Bec and Call

by Jenna Lyn Albert

"Albert is direct and trenchant in these poems..."

 

"a brash and headstrong debut shot through with an undercurrent of vulnerability" 

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Fate & Knives

Fate & Knives

by Maureen Evans

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Maritime Melange

Maritime Melange

by Beth Weatherbee
photographs by Shannon Williams

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Giacometti's Girl

Giacometti's Girl

by Sandra Davies

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9x11

9x11

and other poems like Bird, Nine, x, and Eleven

by Michael Turner

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High Line Scavenger Hunt

High Line Scavenger Hunt

by Lucas Crawford

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I Heard Something

I Heard Something

by Jaime Forsythe

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Wishipedia

Wishipedia

by Pier Giorgio Di Cicco

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Ritualites, The

Ritualites, The

by Michael Nardone

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Flesh

Flesh

by Sonia Di Placido

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Mrs Romanov

Mrs Romanov

by Lori Cayer

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Playing into Silence

Playing into Silence

by Tina Biello

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Zip's File

Zip's File

A Romance of Silence

by Shannon Maguire

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Ledi

Ledi

by Kim Trainor

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Climates

Climates

by Herménégilde Chiasson
translated by Fred Cogswell & Jo-Anne Elder

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False Spring

False Spring

by Darren Bifford

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Next Wave, The

Next Wave, The

An Anthology of 21st Century Canadian Poetry

edited by Jim Johnstone

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Bad Animals

Bad Animals

by Tom Cull

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Reunion

Reunion

by Deanna Young

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Flow

Flow

New and Collected Poems

by Roy Miki
edited by Michael Barnholden

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beholden

beholden

a poem as long as the river

by Fred Wah & Rita Wong

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Afraid of the Dark

Afraid of the Dark

by Guyleigh Johnson

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Correspondent

Correspondent

by Dominique Bernier-Cormier

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The Unmooring

The Unmooring

by Adebe DeRango-Adem

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Archer

Archer

Book Three of On The River of Time

by Carl Hare

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Local Heroes

Local Heroes

by Penn Kemp

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Blackbird Song

Blackbird Song

by Randy Lundy

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Afterwords

Afterwords

by Geoffrey Cook

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God of Shadows

God of Shadows

by Lorna Crozier

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Bolt

Bolt

by Hilary Peach

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Furious

Furious

by Erin Moure
introduction by Sonnet L’Abbé

Praise for Erín Moure and Furious:
WINNER, 1988 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD FOR POETRY

Praise for Erín Moure and Kapusta:
FINALIST, 2015 A …

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Branches

Branches

by Mark Truscott

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We Like Feelings. We Are Serious.
This Is Why We're Made in the Dark
Only Seemly
Culverts Beneath the Narrow Road
Nightlight for Children of Insomniacs
Port of Being
Slinky Naive
Salt Fires
As Long As the Sun Shines
Everyone Rides the Bus in a City of Losers
It Begins With The Body
Holy Wild
Every Shameless Ray
Flowers for Hitler
Midday at the Super-Kamiokande
No Rainbow and Other Poems
Treaty 6 Deixis
The Essential Charles Bruce
Seven Sacred Truths
One Way Ticket
I Sleep in the Arms of Your Eyes
Deportment
a toast to illness
Paper Caskets
The Nectar of Pain
Some of Us and Most of You Are Dead
Obits.
For the Changing Moon
Let Us Compare Mythologies
Dread Poetry and Freedom
Undiscovered Country
What Your Hands Have Done
Practical Anxiety
How to Avoid Huge Ships
Glitter and Fall
Chinatown Ghosts
Amateurs at Love
Tendrils
if wants to be the same as is
Poetry Is Blood
Matronalia
The Flame
SKY WRI TEI NGS
Shatter the Glass, Shards of Flame
Death of a Lady's Man
Infrangible
Dividing the Wayside
Goodbye Horses
Quarrels
Anatomy of an Injury
Paradise, Later Years
Beyond Forgetting
Bec and Call
Fate & Knives
Maritime Melange
Giacometti's Girl
9x11
High Line Scavenger Hunt
I Heard Something
Wishipedia
Ritualites, The
Flesh
Mrs Romanov
Playing into Silence
Zip's File
Ledi
Climates
False Spring
Next Wave, The
Bad Animals
Reunion
Flow
beholden
Afraid of the Dark
Correspondent
The Unmooring
Archer
Local Heroes
Blackbird Song
Afterwords
God of Shadows
Bolt
Furious
Branches
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Iona Whishaw: Out of Place

By Kerry Clare

"The trauma of war bifurcates the lives of many into branches of what existed before and what remains after; so too can the past feel like an alternate plane of existence, leaving survivors feeling fragmented as they are grafted into the circumstances of their new lives." 

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Melissa Barbeau: Where Magic Meets Science

By Kerry Clare

The author of novel The Luminous Sea on books that ask if there is space left for wonder in the world. 

Shelf Talkers: Books to Carry You Through November

Shelf Talkers: Books to Carry You Through November

By Rob Wiersema

I’m really not sure of the cause, but it happens every year at around this time. I find myself thinking about the past, about my place in the world, about the people around me, the stories they’re …

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Remembering World War One

By Kerry Clare

A century after the end of World War One, we're still not done telling stories about this historical event.

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Bill Stenson on the Best Use of a Bobby Pin in Literature, and Other Great Reads

By Kerry Clare

The author of new novel Ordinary Strangers on going beyond Earle Birney, the powers of understatement, and the poet that no Canadian should die without reading

Giller Prize 2018 Special Series: The Chat with Éric Dupont

Giller Prize 2018 Special Series: The Chat with Éric Dupont

By Trevor Corkum

Our next instalment of this year’s Giller special features our chat with Éric Dupont, author of Songs for the Cold of Heart (QC Fiction/Baraka Books), which was translated by Peter McCambridge.

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