Book review of Mona Høvring’s, “Something That Helps.”

Book review of Rune Christiansen’s, “ The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time.”

Book review of André Narbonne’s novel, “Those are Pearls.”

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Book review of Darlene Madott’s, “Closing Ceremonies.”

Book review of Conor Mc Donnell’s, “ What we know so far is…”

After the Storm Bemidji, Minn   Driving into the town, I went past hundreds of trees  bent or broken. The hurricane winds had taken down the weakest ones easily, strong ones too.   Later, I’d find …

The following is a journal of observations and reflections from a canoe trip through the northern section of Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario. Together with the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, it f…

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Book review of Kelly Kaur’s, “My Love is a Durian.”

Book review of Whitney French’s, “Syncopation.”

Book review of Steven Richard Smith’s, “The Boys of Rubber City.”

Book review of Sunny Dhillon’s, “Hide and Sikh.”

Book review of Simon Pole’s, “The Black Bat.”

Book review of Laurie D. Graham’s, “Calling It Back To Me.”

Book review of Irina Moga’s, “Quantum.”

Leo is a good player, skilled in translating raindrops that boil on the Detroit River while fishing into metaphors, a man who accepts his setbacks and those of his friends with reverence and respec…

A Review by sumaiya matin November 18, 2025

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“The mass grave is a grave of names”                                              – Joy Harjo I saw you referenced on the map, something new I had not seen before, and so I drove to you, exploring …

Book review of Jaime Forsythe’s, “Yield.”

Book review of Stephanie Bolster’s, “Long Exposure.”

Book review of Maria Giesbrecht’s debut poetry collection, A Little Feral.

The turning of things into another type of themselves; the moment of transition, which is endless and always coming, never done; the churning, changing, momentous repositioning of a person from one…

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Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Best (Orison Books, 2026) is Michigan author Jane Zwart’s debut book of poetry. A professor of English at Calvin University and faculty fellow of the Calvin …

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Book review of Forrest Wolfe’s, “Question for Werewolves.”

I didn’t stop cause I wanted to, it wasn’t some planned thing,  well, maybe the sun was dead   set on its planned time to retreat,  and I respected the threats of glint   off the hood of my bronze …

In understanding generational change within a place like Toronto, an overly nostalgic attitude should be avoided. The older generations often look at the changes happening in front of them, feel di…

Interview with Michael Gray about The Space Between Now and Then  Michael Gray appears on Zoom idly strumming a guitar, which he proceeds to hold throughout the course of the hour-long conversation…

The Moon & Other Metaphors The moon is a woman I used to sleep with, Always white, and an icy light would Fall full on the birch forest that is A chalk stroke tally of our nights together. I re…

This morning I made my way down to a beach to make coffee. The view of this new expanse of blue looks like the one I’m used to—if anything it looks smaller. I question if I actually drove all the w…

Book review of Michael Mirolla’s novella, “How About This…?”

On the Island (After John M. Synge: general knowledge of time depends…on the direction of the wind)   Does it not mire us in muggy mess? Send squelching rains? Or sweep crisp clearing skies bl…