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  • “The Still-Alive Past”: A Review of Margaret Atwood’s Collected Poems Paper Boat (McClelland & Stewart, 2024)
    July 30, 2026

    “The Still-Alive Past”: A Review of Margaret Atwood’s Collected Poems Paper Boat (McClelland & Stewart, 2024)

    chrisbanks2015
  • Rough Beast vs. The Divine Feminine: A Review of We Gladly Feast on Those Who Would Subdue Us by Roxanna Bennett
    July 29, 2026

    Rough Beast vs. The Divine Feminine: A Review of We Gladly Feast on Those Who Would Subdue Us by Roxanna Bennett

    chrisbanks2015
  • Startled To Be Here: A Review of We Drove All Day For This: New and Selected Poems by Bruce Taylor (Signal Editions, 2026)
    July 27, 2026

    Startled To Be Here: A Review of We Drove All Day For This: New and Selected Poems by Bruce Taylor (Signal Editions, 2026)

    chrisbanks2015
  • Clear-eyed and Complex: A Review of Perfect Weather by Jamella Hagen (Gaspereau Press, 2026)
    July 25, 2026

    Clear-eyed and Complex: A Review of Perfect Weather by Jamella Hagen (Gaspereau Press, 2026)

    chrisbanks2015
  • Devastating & Exact: A review of Farhang Book II (ECW press, 2026)
    July 7, 2026

    Devastating & Exact: A review of Farhang Book II (ECW press, 2026)

    chrisbanks2015
  • After The Blue Gate: A Reader’s Response and Poem inspired by Kathryn Macdonald’s The Blue Gate (Frontenac House, Spring 2026)
    July 6, 2026

    After The Blue Gate: A Reader’s Response and Poem inspired by Kathryn Macdonald’s The Blue Gate (Frontenac House, Spring 2026)

    chrisbanks2015
  • “Trickle-up Decency”: A Review of Alex Boyd’s Take This For The Pain: Essays On Writing and Life (Palimpsest Press, 2026)
    June 11, 2026

    “Trickle-up Decency”: A Review of Alex Boyd’s Take This For The Pain: Essays On Writing and Life (Palimpsest Press, 2026)

    chrisbanks2015
  • Myth & Exile: A review of Qaf’s People by Sadiqa de Meijer (Vehicule Press, 2026)
    June 8, 2026

    Myth & Exile: A review of Qaf’s People by Sadiqa de Meijer (Vehicule Press, 2026)

    chrisbanks2015
  • A Review of Empties by Neil Surkan (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2026)
    May 15, 2026

    A Review of Empties by Neil Surkan (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2026)

    chrisbanks2015
  • Four Ways to Approach “everybody knows a ghost” by Elana Wolff (Guernica Editions, 2026).
    April 21, 2026

    Four Ways to Approach “everybody knows a ghost” by Elana Wolff (Guernica Editions, 2026).

    chrisbanks2015
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