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Arc 100  Quantifying Creativity: Arc Poetry Magazine 100, the Spring 2023 Issue

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Arc 99 Fall 2022  A Season of Gusto: Carolyn Smart, Carolina Corcoran, and Ronna Bloom

Arc 99 Fall 2022

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Arc 98 Summer 2022  Neither or Both: Arc's 2022 Poem of the Year

Arc 98 Summer 2022

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Arc 97 Spring 2022  20th Anniversary of the Diana Brebner Prize

Arc 97 Spring 2022

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Arc 96 Fall 2021  The Islands of Influence

Arc 96 Fall 2021

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Arc 95 Summer 2021  Reaching Through: Arc's 2021 Poem of the Year

Arc 95 Summer 2021

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Arc 94 Spring 2021  Polymorphous per Verse

Arc 94 Spring 2021

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Arc 93 Fall 2020  Shining a light on eight up-and-coming poets of today

Arc 93 Fall 2020

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Arc 92 Summer 2020  Moments of elemental change: Arc's 2020 Poem of the Year

Arc 92 Summer 2020

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Arc 91 Spring 2020  Adèle Barclay's Singular, Prismatic Imagination

Arc 91 Spring 2020

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Arc 90 Fall Annual 2019  Labour and Livelihood

Arc 90 Fall Annual 2019

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Arc 89 Summer 2019  Imagine the Images of Arc's 2019 Poem of the Year

Arc 89 Summer 2019

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Arc 88 Spring 2019  Poet-in-Residence David O'Meara is the gasoline

Arc 88 Spring 2019
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Arc 87 Winter 2018  A Celebration of Poetry from the U.S.A.

Arc 87 Winter 2018

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Arc 86 Summer 2018  Celebrating the 2018 Poem of the Year and Arc's 40th Anniversary

Arc 86 Summer 2018

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Arc 85 Winter 2018  Di Brandt is finding you on Instagram

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Arc 84 Fall 2017  Oh Canada, We Have Issues

Arc 84 Fall 2017

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Arc 83 Summer 2017  Arc's 2017 Poem of the Year Lights Up

Arc 83 Summer 2017

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Arc 82 Winter 2017  Robyn Sarah finds twelve miniatures

Arc 82 Winter 2017

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Arc 81 Fall 2016  Art in the End Times

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Arc 80 Summer 2016  Poems with Backbone: Arc's 2016 Poem of the Year

Arc 80 Summer 2016

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Arc 79 Winter 2016  Marilyn Dumont outlines history in chalk dust

Arc 79 Winter 2016

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Arc 78 Fall 2015  Listen to Arc's Spoken Word Issue

Arc 78 Fall 2015

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Arc 77 Summer 2015  A Timely Event: Arc's 2015 Poem of the Year

Arc 77 Summer 2015

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Arc 76 Winter 2015  Sylvia Legris is conspicuous

Arc 76 Winter 2015

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Arc 75 Fall 2014  The Arc-Cordite Poetry Special Issue

Arc 75 Fall 2014

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Arc 74 Summer 2014  Consider Arc's 2014 Poem of the Year

Arc 74 Summer 2014

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Arc 73 Winter 2014  Introducing the up-and-comers issue

Arc 73 Winter 2014

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Arc 72 Summer 2013  The North Issue

Arc 72 Summer 2013

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Arc 71 Winter 2013  The big reveal: Arc's Poem of the Year

Arc 71 Winter 2013

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Arc 70 Winter 2013  Rob Winger is rounding first

Arc 70 Winter 2013

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Arc 69 Fall 2012  The children's poetry issue

Arc 69 Fall 2012

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Arc 68 Summer 2012  Your 2012 Poems of the Year

Arc 68 Summer 2012

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Arc 67 Winter 2012  John Steffler on lands new, left and found

Arc 67 Winter 2012

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Arc 66 Summer 2011  Welcome to QuArc, where lit goes cosmic, atomic, microscopic

Arc 66 Summer 2011

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Arc Poetry Annual 2011  Arc Poetry Annual

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Arc 65 Winter 2011  How do I hate thee, O sonnet? Chris Jennings counts the ways

Arc 65 Winter 2011

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Arc 64 Summer 2010  True Words: new poems by Don Coles

Arc 64 Summer 2010

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Arc Poetry Annual 2010  Arc Poetry Annual 2010

Arc Poetry Annual 2010

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Arc 63 Winter 2010  How poets end poems (or how poems evade endings)

Arc 63 Winter 2010

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Arc 62 Summer 2009  Ghazal mania: A guided tour by Rob Winger

Arc 62 Summer 2009

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Arc 61 Winter 2009  The poets in this issue try on the pen name 'Anon'

Arc 61 Winter 2009

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Arc 60 Summer 2008  Arc hits the big Three Oh - As do Pinocchio, Pugnax and some bards

Arc 60 Summer 2008

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Arc 59 Winter 2008  Knocking on The Door: Starnino seeking Atwood

Arc 59 Winter 2008

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Arc 58 Summer 2007  13 dead poets you should know but don't

Arc 58 Summer 2007

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Arc 57 Winter 2006  Poem of the Year: Domanski's Picks

Arc 57 Winter 2006

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Arc 56 Summer 2006  The bookworks of Peter Sanger and Thaddeus Holownia

Arc 56 Summer 2006

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Arc 55  10th Annual Poem of the Year

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Arc 54  Summer 2005

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Arc 53  Winter 2004

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Arc 52  Summer 2004

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Arc 51  Ottawa Poetry Now

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Arc 50  Don Coles at 75

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Arc 49  Winter 2002

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Arc 48  Summer 2002

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Arc 47  Winter 2001

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Arc 46  Summer 2001

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Arc 45  Poem of the Year Contest

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Arc 44  The 99 Year Century

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Arc 43  Fourth Annual Poem of the Year Contest

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Arc 42  Spring 1999

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Arc 41  Third Annual Poem of the Year Contest Winners

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Arc 40  We All Begin In A Little Magazine

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Arc 39  Second Annual Poem of the Year Contest Winners

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Arc 38  An Issue of Belief

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Arc 37  Autumn 1996

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Arc 36  Spring 1996

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Arc 35  Odas, Suenos y Diáspora // Odes, Dreams, and Diaspora

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Arc 34  Spring 1995

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Arc 33  An Art Bestiary

Arc 33

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Arc 32  Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Canada

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Arc 31  Who's Afraid of Erin Mouré?

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Arc 30  15th Anniversary Issue

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Arc 29  Autumn 1992

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Arc 28  Spring 1992

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Arc 27  Impressions of Coach House Press

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Arc 26  The League of Canadian Poets

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Arc 25  Autumn 1990

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Arc 24  Spring 1990

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Arc 23  Anne Szumigalski: Special Issue

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Arc 22  Spring 1989

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Arc 21  Autumn 1988

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Arc 20  10th Anniversary Issue

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Arc 19  Autumn 1987

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Arc 18  Spring 1987

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Arc 17  Autumn 1986

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Arc 16  Spring 1986

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Arc 15  Autumn 1985 Issue

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Arc 14  The SF Issue

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Arc 12 & 13  The British Issue

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Arc 10  5th Anniversary Issue

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Arc 8 & 9  Double Issue

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Arc 7  Autumn 1982

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Arc 6  Winter 1981

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Arc 5  Summer 1981

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Arc 4  A Women's Issue

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Arc 2  Spring 1979

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Arc 1  Spring 1978

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