But first, some chat about my week off and then an homage for Theatre in the Raw director who died suddenly a few days ago. Then an intro and bio for Joelle and we talk her poem The Witch in the Stone Boat, queerness, poetry cliques, childhood literature, sound, form, teaching, and the celebration of friendships. Enjoy!

Plus so much more: a Joe Rosenblatt poem, chat on the Griffin and books and weird people and a good Netgalley review and being number one and also Trisia reads two poems and we guffaw mightily! Enjoy :)

Very early and in one case, underestimated, Canadian women poets plus a poem on Dorothy Wordsworth, chat about a good Netgalley review, the revelations of the ER, my new book and so much more ;) Enjoy!

On happy international women’s day! Joanna reads her poem Gyre, we talk grief, the environment, hauntings, language, colonialism, aging as a woman, being a penurious artist and the power of community. I also read some positive responses to my home arts salon episode and a poem by a long dead Canadian woman poet. Celebrate! And enjoy outlaws!

Plus a reading of an Anne Stevenson poem, a 1958 list of what Canadian poetry is by Ralph Gustafson, a rant against Net Galley (not gallery!) reviews, an intro in which I talk book merch and express gratitude for Marrow review response THEN a recitation of an Elizabeth Brewster poem and snippet of discussion from Wyoming prof Tim McGee, then EB’s bio, memory and poem. Enjoy!

This question is answered by historical websites and Canadian creators and myself with my personal experiences and general tips. It’s fun! Also a poem by Alice Oswald and a few poetry-based rants. Enjoy!

My usual aural collage of bits of her reading Penelope from the Six Toronto Poets album in 1955, bio stuff, excerpts from a 1984 CBC tribute featuring letters from Alan Crawley, a snippet of her prose and me reading Still Life. Plus an intro on emotion, rejection, acknowledgments and reading freakishly in front of Walmart. Enjoy!

In which I chat about podcast and text recommendations amid my minor grimness then, after an author bio and book intro, interview the spunky and brilliant Sonja from Toronto. She reads two segments from her long Mobius poem (in Monitoring Station), and we rap about gardening, science, grandparenting, community composition, reading voraciously, translation and the pandemic. It’s full of laughs! Truly. Enjoy.

My mini-lecture featuring an excerpt from my anthology The Other 23 and a Half Hours (you can hear a shorter excerpt from this relating to performing on Season 2, Ep 16), some quotes from poets on peformance and my yays and nays of what I like and don’t like about poetry performances. Featuring interspersed clips of me from 2015, Maya Angelou (1987), John Berryman (1967), Aiya (2019), Rudy Francisco (2024) and Adeena Karasik (2010). Enjoy!

With bio, memories, bits n pieces, personal encounters, prose and two poems, one recited by him and one by me. And first, I rant and rave about anthology editors, the need for higher paying review jobs, and why we need to always be renewing our risk relationship to our art. Enjoy! And rest in fierceness Brian!!