![]() ![]() Laura Glenn is the author of I Can’t Say I’m Lost (FootHills) and When There are also a handful of novels and books of short stories on my reading list, though I’m reluctant to name authors I haven’t read yet. Typically I reread some poems by Dickinson, Keats, French symbolists, and on. I get a lot out of returning to the poems of Alice Fulton and hope for new works by her. I’d like to read more Ilya Kaminsky, Terrance Hayes, Joy Harjo, both Matthew and Michael Dickman, and so many more. Martín Espada is one such poet who’s on my list. ![]() I read a number of poetry journals each year and sometimes pursue a poet whose work I come across in them. I go to the library and return with an armful or peruse a bookstore. Given that my work life keeps me busy, there’s an element of serendipity to how I choose books. Stallings, the latter being more structured than most contemporary poetry that I read. Right now, I’m working my way through Canadian Poets On-line and I’m fairly certain it will end with a large shipment from Amazon.Īmong the books of poetry that especially intrigued me this year were The Octopus Museum by Brenda Shaughnessy and Like by A. My reading list for 2020 includes as many Canadian literary journals as I can get my hands on and my wish list is Jude Neal’s A Blooming and Lorna Crozier’s God of Shadows. The cover art on Hope Matters was also done by Tania Carter.Ģ.) What’s on your reading list for 2020? My favorite book of poetry from this year is tied between Cynthia Sharpe’s Rainforest in Russet and the collaboration between Lee Maracle and her daughters, Tania Carter and Columpa Bobb, titled Hope Matters. Here’s what some of the writers published in Vallum Issue 16:1, 16:2, chapbook authors and 2019 contest winners said:ġ.) What was your favourite book of poetry you discovered this year? To commemorate Vallum’s busy and successful year, we asked this year’s contributors to share their thoughts on the books they read in 2019 and what’s in store for the year ahead. We also hosted two pop-up shops, at Le Cagibi, attended press fairs in New York City, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, and hosted outreach workshops with new facilitators and organizers. Read about our new chapbooks here.Įllen Chang-Richardson won the 2019 Award for Poetry with “ Grotto,” while Conor Mc Donnell received second place with “ Participation and passive views ( Twin Peaks in under two minutes).” Honourable mention went to Sam Kaspar for “ eau de stripper.” We launched Vallum: Contemporary Poetry issues 16:1 and 16:2, and published two new chapbooks: Finding Places to Make Places by Alexei Perry Cox, winner of the 2019 Vallum Chapbook Award, and Swelles by Sina Queyras. ![]()
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