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Jade Wallace (they/them) @nycterosea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I love this concept for a folio: unpublished poems you removed from your forthcoming book. For me, that was "All Night I Stare at the TV Screen." I wrote it after weeks watching & reading about 'Jennifer Fairgate' & the strange phenomenon of fixating on the deaths of strangers.

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The September installment of MA|DE’s newsletter, TWO-HEADED PARROT, is now posted over on Substack! 🦜🦜 In this one we: • Recount our recent week-long Peterborough arts RESIDENCY • Give a TEASER for our second full-length collaborative poetry collection! — out in March 2027 with Popnoir Editions

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The latter half of MA|DE is up to stuff!

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Come on out this Saturday August 1 from 2-4pm EST to the Leamington Public Library where MA|DE's own Mark Laliberte will be a featured reader alongside Melissa Powless Day! Hosted by Souwesto Poetry Review!

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GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

BIG 🙏@madeprojects.bsky.social Yay Jade @nycterosea.bsky.social

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The July installment of MA|DE’s monthly newsletter, TWO-HEADED PARROT, is now posted over on Substack! 🦜🦜 In this one, we: • Announce Jade @nycterosea.bsky.social's forthcoming sophomore full-length poetry collection THE WORK IS DONE WHEN WE ARE DEAD from @guernicaeditions.bsky.social

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thetemzreview.bsky.social @thetemzreview.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Read @madeprojects.bsky.social's review of @paulvermeersch.bsky.social's NMLCT (pub. @ecwpress.bsky.social) in Issue 35! ...In the collection, as in the universe, existence is nothing if not ouroboric... www.thetemzreview.com/made-vermeer...

The cover of NMLCT, by Paul Vermeersch. The title and author's name are presented vertically along the left side. The background is white. There is a sculpture of a space-age jackrabbit holding its white helmet and wearing a white spacesuit

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It's the latter half (|DE) of MA|DE!

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thetemzreview.bsky.social @thetemzreview.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The collab review bar has been set very high with this one! 👇

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Every writer hopes to be read so thoughtfully. Thank you so much to Mark and Jade of MA|DE and to The /temz/ Review. www.thetemzreview.com/made-vermeer...

MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Our first COLLABORATIVE REVIEW! While Mark & Jade have each written their fair share of solo reviews, this is the first time MA|DE has tried writing one together. And what a pleasure it was to spend time contemplating @paulvermeersch.bsky.social's NMLCT from @ecwpress.bsky.social (2025).

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Half of MA|DE has a new book of poetry coming out this fall!

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🦜🦜The June installment of MA|DE’s monthly newsletter, TWO-HEADED PARROT, is now posted over on Substack! madecollaboration.substack.com/p/mades-june...

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

One half of MA|DE has a reading coming up!

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Saw our name come up in this review. 👀

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Some solo work from the |DE half of MA|DE!

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

MA|DE was recently interviewed by @robmclennan.bsky.social for TOUCH THE DONKEY about the context for our poems in TTD, how these poems fit in the trajectory of our work, how collaboration affects our solo practices, our influences and inspirations and the future of our work.

Picture of chapbooks with donkey figurine. MA|DE's bio (available to read at the link.)

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

We have 6 poems in the 49th and latest issue of @robmclennan.bsky.social's Touch the Donkey, including the 2 pictured here. These are from our forthcoming collection, Detourism (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social, 2028). Many thanks to rob for putting this issue together and including us!

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] : forty-ninth issue, , Joel Chace, Andrew Brenza, Jake Kennedy, Hannah Brooks-Motl, Salem Paige, MA│DE + Sara Gilmore, / @salempaige.bsky.social ; touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2026/04/touc...

touchthedonkey.blogspot.com

Touch the Donkey : forty-ninth issue,

The forty-ninth issue is now available, with new poems by Joel Chace, Andrew Brenza, Jake Kennedy, Hannah Brooks-Motl, Salem Paige, MA│DE ...

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🦜🦜 Out now! The April issue of TWO-HEADED PARROT, MA|DE's monthly newsletter, featuring: 📰 NEWS about our wedding, some archival interviews recently available online & our visit to Little Wren Books' inaugural Little Lit Fest. AND...

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

MA|DE, Married After 8.5 years of dating, 8 years of writing collaboratively, 7 years of living together, 2 years of engagement, 1 century-old house & 1 dog adoption, we have finally tied the knot. If you weren't invited, that's because you aren't our parents.

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The latest installment of MA|DE’s monthly newsletter, TWO-HEADED PARROT, is now posted over on Substack! 🦜🦜 In this one, we ...

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The latest addition to the "In the Third Sleep" ekphrastic project is by Mark Laliberte of @madeprojects.bsky.social! Get it all here: inthethirdsleep.blogspot.com

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Jade Wallace (they/them) @nycterosea.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Had a lot of fun writing this poem, even though it's a bit of a downer: "In the Third Sleep We Will Converge. After the Next Revolution We Will Stop Screaming." inthethirdsleep.blogspot.com/2026/02/in-t...

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Poet @paulvermeersch.bsky.social kindly invited us to participate in his latest ekphrastic curatorial project. Each participant is writing a response to Kay Sage's painting "In the Third Sleep." We intended to collaborate as MA|DE, but found that the painting spoke to both of us in different ways.

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

A million thank yous to the @ontarioarts.bsky.social & the #canadacouncilforthearts for recently supporting our work(s) through the Recommender Grants for Writers & Literary Creation Projects for Publication programs (OAC) and the Public Lending Right (CCA).

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Jade Wallace (they/them) @nycterosea.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Been a minute since we've been at a literary festival, so very much looking forward to this one coming up next weekend!! Join us online?!

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Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Looking forward to reading as part of the SEEDS festival put on by Draft Reading Series - Saturday is all online and Sunday is in person for folks who are in Toronto!

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Coming this Saturday: SEEDS FESTIVAL! MA|DE is very happy to be reading at this literary extravaganza put on by Draft Reading Series! We'll be reading on Saturday February 21 from 11am-12:30pm EST on Zoom with writers @fmolavi.bsky.social @ehjchang.bsky.social @storiedselves.bsky.social & more!

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

We had a great time at our first @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social SUPER CONFERENCE this past Friday in TO! It's fun to give away free copies of your books to librarian-strangers in a 20-minute frenzy of chatting & signing. Many thanks to our publisher @palimpsestpress.bsky.social for sending us.

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

rob has done it again! 😃 lovely to see ZZOO included here too. 🐭

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Short & sweet reviews of a great set of books (and not just because it includes ZZOO)! 🐒🌿

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

MA|DE has now started our monthly newsletter, TWO-HEADED PARROT, over on Substack! 🦜🦜 This first iteration is a hello, recapping 2025 & offering a sneak peek at 2026 (incl. book news, dogs & a glimpse at the limited edition holiday card we mailed). madecollaboration.substack.com/p/mades-very...

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

🐦Last week, The League of Canadian Poets @canadianpoets.bsky.social featured "Sky Bird," a poem from our debut collection ZZOO from @palimpsestpress.bsky.social (2025), in their Poetry Pause feature. You can read the full poem for free on The League's website: poets.ca/sky-bird-by-...

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Thanks to Conor McDonnell for including ZZOO on a list of books that inspired his work for @49thshelf.bsky.social! And congrats to Conor on his latest poetry collection, What We Know So Far Is, out yesterday from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social! Read the full list here: 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member...

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Feels very appropriate for our book of animal poetry to appear on HOWL - CIUT 89.5FM! MA|DE recently chatted with @hollay.bsky.social about: what makes a ZZOO different from a zoo; writing for depth rather than clarity; what it's like to work with an editor as a two-person collaborative ...

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

🐶🐼There's particular delight in print review & MA|DE was lucky enough to experience that this week thanks to reviewer Matt Boylan, writing for @theampersandreview.bsky.social. Boylan has many insightful & laudatory things to say about ZZOO @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, including:

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

It's a quintessential right of passage for small press poetry books to be reviewed by @robmclennan.bsky.social and we're ever so grateful to him for bringing MA|DE's debut collaborative collection into the fold. Rob calls ZZOO "layered, and sharp” and remarks on its “smart and engaged language."

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🪲🐬🦩This Saturday September 13 at 2pm, we'll be reading at the Leamington branch of Essex County Library alongside Daniel Lockhart, Kathryn MacDonald, Carrie Lee Connel & Andreas Connel-Gripp. It’ll be our first time reading in Leamington & ZZOO’s first visit too. Hope to see you at this free event!

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

What a treat to talk to an interviewer like Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social (& elsewhere), who is equal parts enthusiastic & insightful about books. MA|DE had a great time chatting with Hollay about why we tried to treat each poetry reading on our ZZOO tour like...

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Earlier this week, we had a 15-minute chat scheduled with Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social for episode 455 of his GET LIT podcast, which quickly turned into a 30-minute interview. We discussed where collaboration begins, how two very serious people manage to make playful work ...

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Great to chat with you, Jamie!

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

If you happen to be a member of LCP @canadianpoets.bsky.social, you can get 15% off + free shipping on many new and forthcoming Canadian poetry collections, including MA|DE's ZZOO, if you order through @alllitupcanada.bsky.social anytime between now and Saturday August 9! 🐙🐍🦋 alllitup.ca/books/zzoo/

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

In the fog that consumed the entire month of March (thanks COVID), we totally lost track of this interview, the ACTUAL first written interview MA|DE ever did about 'ZZOO.' Our very belated thanks to the wonderful @alllitupcanada.bsky.social for chatting with us about how MA|DE came together ...

“A set of variant covers in a bookstore might be thrilling and mysterious”: An Interview with MA|DE

For the past several years, MA|DE—Mark Laliberte and Jade Wallace—has been carving out a unique space in the literary landscape, embracing collaboration as both a practice and an ethos. Their work is a fusion of poetic experimentation, visual artistry, and deep engagement with the traditions of literary and artistic partnerships in Canada.

In this interview, Mark and Jade take us through the origins of MA|DE and the journey of their full-length poetry collection ZZOO (Palimpsest Press), which included an ambitious approach to their cover design (there are five cool covers of ZZOO to choose from!). With a keen eye on the intersections of poetry, visual art, and literary publishing, MA|DE continues to push the boundaries of what a poetry collab can be.

Mark Laliberte & Jade Wallace: To tell the story of MA|DE, we have to go back to 2018. That’s when we—Mark Laliberte & Jade Wallace—first began working together. In the beginning, our collaboration was single-celled, a free-form thing. We wrote together in a shared document, word upon word, line upon line, without much sense of where it would all end up. We wrote daily, and just began building poems.

As we continued working together, day into month into year, the specific nature of our collaboration started to take shape, or reveal itself. We were writing and experimenting. We were also looking at the history of collaboration in Canada, both in the visual and literary arts scenes—and, to be honest, we felt more spiritually connected to long-term artistic collaborations like General Idea, Public Studio and FASTWÜRMS (who, incidentally, were Mark’s MFA advisors at the University of Guelph back in the early 2000s). We began calling ourselves MA|DE in reference to our shared projects—taking on the branded positionality of a contemporary pop group, adopting a “band name” of sorts. For us, this naming gesture is symbolic: it indicates that this collaboration has a life of its own, and hopefully a long one; it is not simply the brief nexus of two writers’ careers, as so many literary collaborations are. MA|DE is a kind of entity or spirit we manifest, our third mind.

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

We're proud to present our very first WRITTEN interview about ZZOO! Sarah Marie @literalnobody.bsky.social, for The Miramichi Reader , asked us a range of surprising questions, covering topics from ZZOO's emotional landscapes to practical matters like touring a small press poetry collection.

SM: I can imagine that ZZOO was a difficult thing to capture when you were conceptualizing it.

MA|DE: With our collaborative work, there’s a lot of things going on that sometimes one or both of us are not even always aware of. One of us will write a line, and the other looks at it after like, what did they even mean by that? You think they meant one thing, and actually they meant some other thing, and then the line ends up kind of meaning both things. We feel like there’s a lot of nuance in the work that one or both of us might sometimes not know about because of these layers. By contrast, when we’re working on solo work, there might be layers, but it’s much easier to be aware of them as you work on the piece. You’re putting them there, and it’s deliberate. With our collaborative work it’s a bit more of a mystery.

One of the ways we grounded the poems in ZZOO was to organize them into four distinct sections within the book. Our idea was that we would start submerged in ‘Water,’ then go on to ‘Land,’ then up into the ‘Air’ and then out into the heavens / the afterlife / the unknown (the section is called ‘Elsewhere’). Some of the poems, especially in that section, get quite morbid. There’s also a poetic suite that travels inside of ZZOO, a kind of long poem that is quartered and distributed across the terrain of the book so that a part appears in each of the four sections; collectively, the poem explores the life cycle, transformations and migratory patterns of Danaus plexippus, the monarch butterfly.

SM: I definitely felt like there was a full emotional landscape I had to navigate while reading ZZOO and I wondered if that was a guided thing, if that had something to do with the way you ordered the poems. To put something like this together, is it as intense of an experience for the creator as it is for the audience?

MA|DE: With respect to emotional navigation, for us it helps that, with a few small exceptions in the book, most of these are not based on experiences that are personal to us. They’re things we read about, researched or encountered in passing. The poem “Psychopomp” was one of the few exceptions to that approach; it was actually written after our cat, Ari, died.

Having said that, most of the poems in ZZOO are inspired by things that emotionally resonated with us when we came across them, and that’s why we wanted to write about or reference them. Still, they weren’t part of our actual lives so there was an amount of distance that was built-in. When we went to reference or work with them, it was a lot easier for us than it is for people who are grappling with things / traumas that are immediate to their experience. Some of the poems we attempted to actualize based on an initial point of insight didn’t always work or come alive, and we abandoned them. That does happen sometimes. But overall we were able to balance out the four sections of ZZOO topically and emotionally.

We also used the endnotes section of the book, ‘Taxidermia,’ to reveal references that the reader might not readily get, and to acknowledge the real-world incidents that were the starting places for the poems. Poetry opens up all kinds of doorways into a subject but it doesn’t always provide a lot of grounding. It can be very extrapolative. We wanted to have that balance available in the book between art and fact, but not let the poems get mired too much in extremely concrete details. Endnotes let us strike that balance.

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The last stop on the June leg of our 'ZZOO' tour was Hamilton, where Hamilton Public Library graciously welcomed us for the third year in row (!). We were joined by poetry greats Jim Johnstone (who also edited ZZOO) & Liz Worth @lizworth.bsky.social.

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