Poetry: Shane Book

These poems will appear in Shane Book’s new collection, Congotronic, forthcoming in the United States from the University of Iowa Press and in Canada from House of Anansi Press in September 2014. The Collected Novellas Of Gilbert Ryle

First Verse: David Koehn and Rachel Mennies

First Verse is a series of conversations between David Koehn and another poet who has recently had a first book accepted or won a first book prize. These conversations navigate the process and experience of conceiving, developing, and bringing a…

Norma Cole: On Distraction

This essay was adapted from a talk given at Saint Mary’s College, 12 March 2014 “I was hesitant to take the case, having my mind already on another case.” Norma Cole, “Mars” (Mars, Listening Chamber Press, 1994)