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The Proust Questionnaire, with Marcus McCann
Marcus McCann was born in Hamilton. His first full-length collection, Soft Where (Chaudiere Books, 2009), was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award. McCann is the author of eight chapbooks, most...
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The Proust Questionnaire, with rob mclennan
Born in Ottawa, Canada’s glorious capital city, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa.read more
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The Proust Questionnaire, with Pearl Pirie
Pearl Pirie blogs at pesbo, Humanyms and a few other places. She photographs literary events and organizes workshops for the Tree Reading Series, one of Canada's longest-running literary events. Her...
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On Ekphrasis, with David O'Meara
What happens when two forms of art are bounced off one another? That's what the 2011 Arc Poetry Magazine's Poetry Annual 2011: Poet as Art Thief wanted to explore. This year, Arc celebrates ekphrasis—...
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An interview with Sandra Ridley by Michael Blouin
Note: this interview was originally solicited by rob mclennan for inclusion in the seventh issue of the online Ottawa poetry pdf journal ottawater (ottawater.com), published in January 2011 and appears...
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Poets in Profile: Michael Blouin
Open Book is celebrating National Poetry Month with daily profiles of today's "unacknowledged legislators of the world." Find out what inspires, confounds and delights the poets behind this spring's...
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Profile: Ottawa poet Sandra Ridley
By rob mclennanOttawa poet Sandra Ridley has accomplished quite a lot over the past couple of years, from the trade collection Fallout (Hagios Press, 2009), which won a Saskatchewan Book Award for...
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Weekly Round-Up: Open Book: Ontario
An update of the interviews and features on Open Book: Ontario this week.Open Book talks with Steven Heighton, author of the novels Shadow Boxer, Afterlands and Every Lost Country. His most recent book...
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Profile on AngelHousePress, with a few questions
By rob mclennanTo introduce AngelHousePress at the offset of her “12 or 20 (small press) questions” (March 22, 2010), editor/publisher Amanda Earl writes:AngelHousePress is a conduit for experiments in...
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Sandra Ridley is Named Top Bard
On March 28th, 20 Canadian poets came together to vie for the title of best bard at Poetry NOW’s 4th Annual Battle of the Bards. This evening of poetic performances was put together by Authors at...
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Post-Apothecary
Sandra Ridley (Pedlar Press) From Pedlar Press:In minimal and carefully chosen language, Ridley mesmerizes. Each poem pays heed to the senses. When necessary, Ridley troubles syntax , but not in a...
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August 25, 2014Poet Sandra Ridley is Open Book: Toronto's September 2014 writer-in-residence. Get to know her by checking out her edition of our Dirty Dozen interview series!Sandra's most recent book...
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