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New at https://t.co/bopltbgxZb, Patricia Keeney, an award-winning poet, novelist, and critic, reviews Penn Kemp’s latest book of poetry, Colour Fielding.

#CanLit #poetry #GroupofSeven

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New at https://t.co/bopltbgxZb, Matthew Barlow revisits The Tragically Hip's first album: "Up To Here is the first long-player from the band that would go onto be the biggest band in Canada."

#TragicallyHip #music #Canadian

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Frances Boyle's review of "beholden: a poem as long as the river," by Rita Wong and Fred Wah. A timely reminder of the Indigenous names and ancestral lands to which we remain beholden, despite frequent efforts to erase that history.

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#CanLit #Indigenous

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New at Public Reverie Mag, Matthew Barlow's classic tracks review of a "Madchester Era" song, "Commercial Rain" (1990), by Inspiral Carpets.
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#BritishMusic #Madchester #InspiralCarpets

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New at https://t.co/bopltbg09D, "Two Poems for George," by Ken Norris. Baseball seems to be George Bowering's magic season, as noted by many of his readers.
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#GeorgeBowering #MLB #CanLit

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New at https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N, "Notes for TISH Legends," by Karl E. Jirgens. Snapshots of times with Daphne Marlatt, George Bowering, Fred Wah, Lionel J Kearns, and Frank Davey.
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#TISHpoets #Canlit #poetry

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New at https://t.co/bopltbg09D, rob mclennan's "For Fred Wah." Reflections on sharing time this spring at the Banff Center. Part of our ongoing series on the TISH poets, "Legend, Hyphen, Bracket."

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#FredWah @UAlberta #Canlit

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New at https://t.co/bopltbg09D, Tanis MacDonald reviews Daphne Marlatt's poetry about everchanging Vancouver.

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Part of our series, "Legend Hyphen Bracket." Submit your work on TISH poets to [email protected] by Sept. 30th

#CanLit #DaphneMarlatt

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New at https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N, Penn Kemp opens our tribute to TISH poets George Bowering, Frank Davey, Daphne Marlatt, Lionel J Kearns, and Fred Wah with "Two Parliamentary Poems."

Submit your poems/prose to [email protected]

#TISHpoets #CanLit

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Matthew Barlow's farewell to a music legend, "Glen Hansard, Rest In Peace."

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#GlenHansard #music #Dublinbands

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New at https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N, Dennis Maloney's "Delft Poems."

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#poetry #JohannesVermeer #painting

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https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N will run a series titled "Legend Hyphen Bracket," honoring surviving TISH poets.

Send submissions to [email protected]. Send by Sept 30th, 2026 [preferably sooner – will published received]

#TISHpoets #CanLit

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New at https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N, Three Poems by William Cirocco. Powerful writing. Check it out!

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#Poetry #CanLit #poetrylovers

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New in https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N, "Scaffolds of Chaos," by Albert Moritz. This review of Robert Kroetsch's "Field Notes: Collected Poems," was originally published in 1981. Moritz's observations remain compelling.

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#AlMoritz #RobertKroetsch #CanLit

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New at https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N, Matthew Barlow dares to challenge the Québécois roots of Molson Canadian. And will Barlow survive the protests that arise from his claim that Molson and Labatt are no longer proudly Canadian?
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#Molson #Canadianbeer #Montreal

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New at https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N, Stephen Morrisey reviews Eric Andrew-Gee's book, "Mind Mappers," about the complex friendship between the co-founders of Montreal's Neuro. https://t.co/OwhNWvdr4d

#MindMappers #TheNeuro #DrWilliamCone

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New at https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N, Matthew Barlow's classic album review of Public Image Ltd — Paris au Printemps (1980).

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#PublicImage #Punk #Music

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New at https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N, "A great illumination," by Penn Kemp. Written in memory of the late Robert Kroetsch, originally published in Lives of Dead Poets (Ottawa: above/ground press, 2025).
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#RobertKroetsch #CanLit #poetry

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New at https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N, "The Great Spirit," by Neil Flowers.

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#CanLit #poetry #CanadaNature

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New at https://t.co/aXQ6PSl98N, Three Poems on Art by Lynn White.

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#Art #Poetry #skeletons