Category Archives: Poetry

Harper, Lea: Shadow Crossing

Harper, Lea Shadow Crossing Black Moss Press, 2000 Softcover, 77 pages Review by:  Kerry Riley All poems reproduced with permission from Black Moss Press I am reasonably certain (whether or not these things are openly acknowledged) that most alert, attentive, … Continue reading

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Struthers, Betsy: Relay: Short Fictions.

Struthers, Betsy Relay: Short Fictions Black Moss Press, 2010 Softcover, 64 pages Review by: Kerry Riley Until my twenties, I hadn’t travelled much. It wasn’t until shortly after my father’s death that my younger brother and I, restless with the … Continue reading

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Venright, Steve: Spiral Agitator

Venright, Steve:  Spiral Agitator Coach House Books, 2000 Softcover, 125 pages First published in: Haliburton County Echo, County Life Summer, 2001 Review by: Kerry Riley What Diana Hartog does for animals, Steve Venright does for words themselves — stretches and … Continue reading

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Hartog, Diana: Polite to Bees

Hartog, Diana Polite to Bees, A Bestiary Coach House Press, 1992 Softcover, 75 pages First published in The Haliburton County Echo, County Life Summer, 2001 Review by: Kerry Riley I would like to say that if you are an animal … Continue reading

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