Arc 71 is coming!

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The winner of Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest, including your Readers’ Choice!
The winner of this year’s Diana Brebner prize!
Poems by Tammy Armstrong, Dani Couture, Garry Thomas Morse, John…

Arc 69: Canada’s Childlike, Wildlike Poetry Magazine

The children’s poetry issue; Wrought as chased silver: Anne Szumigalski’s juvenalia; Lions, lynxes, lobsters, minces and mooses

Arc 69 is on its way to kids! Thanks to you.

Arc 70: Canada’s Cracking, Shearing Poetry Magazine

Rob Winger is rounding first; Erin Moure makes the case for translation; Poems from Nicole Brossard, Jan Conn and David Seymour

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For over 30 years, Arc Poetry Magazine has been bringing great poetry to readers in Canada and beyond. At Arc we find the brave new voices. We dig up the dead and too-soon-forgotten. We tackle the burning questions: What, say, is hockey poetry really about? What is with this ghazal fad? And: would you dare to be the next Anon? Arc features poetry that is woozy, yap-happy, cunning and smoking, and prose that offers a new perspective on the verse you thought you knew. Get Arc. Get poems. Get happy!

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Susan Steudel. New Theatre

Worlds Within Words: Susan Steudel’s New Theatre

Susan Steudel. New Theatre. Toronto: Coach House, 2012. ~Reviewed by Harold Rhenisch   Books of poetry are often declarations of intent. Susan Steudel’s ... Continue Reading »
Nancy Holmes.The Flicker Tree; Okanagan Poems.

With Eyes Open: Nancy Holmes’s The Flicker Tree: Okanagan Poems

Nancy Holmes. The Flicker Tree: Okanagan Poems. Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2012. ~Reviewed by Lise Gaston   The first two sections of The Flicker ... Continue Reading »
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Arc 71 is coming!

Start getting excited for: The winner of Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest, including your Readers’ Choice! The winner of this year’s ... Continue Reading »
Chris Hutchinson. A Brief History of the Short-Lived.

Brick Dust in my Wine: Chris Hutchinson’s A Brief History of the Short-Lived

Chris Hutchinson. A Brief History of the Short-Lived. Gibsons, British Columbia: Nightwood Editions, 2012. ~Reviewed by Paul Tyler   One way to approach a ... Continue Reading »
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