https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2010/02/fwd-diana-brebner-prize-reading-and.html
rob mclennan's blog: fwd; DIANA BREBNER PRIZE READING AND LAUNCH OF ARC #63 (Ottawa)
Please join the crew of Arc: Canada’s National Poetry Magazine for wine, snacks and great poetry in celebrating the winners of the 8th...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2008/07/revisiting-lake-nora-arms-in-essay-in.html
rob mclennan's blog: Revisiting Lake Nora Arms
In an essay in the thirtieth anniversary issue of Arc Poetry Magazine (summer 2008), Toronto poet Adam Sol writes about thirty of his essen...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2005/06/fringe-festival-ottawa-small-press.html
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fringe festival + the ottawa small press fair last night was the opening party for the Ottawa Fringe Festival , something i get to be judge ...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/04/touch-donkey-new-interviews-with-haiun.html
rob mclennan's blog: Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Haiun, Cannon, Lawrence, Hadbawnik,...
Anticipating the release on Wednesday of the forty-ninth issue of Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] , why not check out the intervie...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2021/04/dusie-tuesday-poem.html?m=1
rob mclennan's blog: dusie : the tuesday poem
The Tuesday poem is eight years old today, with more than four hundred new poems published to date! Since April 9, 2013, I've been curating ...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-ottawa-small-press-book-fair-autumn.html
rob mclennan's blog: the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2023 (29th anniversary!) edition:...
span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents: the ottawa small press book fair autumn 2023 will be held on Saturd...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2019/08/domenica-martinello-all-day-i-dream.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: Domenica Martinello, All Day I Dream About Sirens
My wee review of Domenica Martinello's full-length poetry debut, All Day I Dream About Sirens (Toronto ON: Coach House Books, 2019) is n...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2019/09/renee-angle-woo.html
rob mclennan's blog: Renee Angle, WoO
Their division into tribes. Their worship of Jehovah. Their notion of a theocracy. Their belief in the ministration of angels. Their l...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2020/08/essays-in-face-of-uncertainties_15.html
rob mclennan's blog: essays in the face of uncertainties
Montreal poet Stephanie Bolster responds to my email on the death of Joe Blades , saying that even though she didn’t really know him tha...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2018/03/dorothea-lasky-milk.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: Dorothea Lasky, Milk
Is it a burden to be so perfect And to have such perfect children And to have such a perfect marriage And to look so perfect al...
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rob mclennan's blog: Nicholas Bradley, Before Combustion
Parable of the Conflagration After the fire thundered over the fields like bison, like horses, like cattle, like trains and eightee...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2009/03/rae-armantrout-next-life-and-versed.html
rob mclennan's blog: Rae Armantrout: Next Life and Versed
Having known nothing of her work previously, with the publication of Rae Armantrout’s newest trade poetry collection, Versed (Middletown CT...
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https://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2017/11/poem-broadside-342-child-speaks-to-st.html
above/ground press: “poem” broadside #342 : “A child speaks to St. Augustine” by rob mclennan
Take up, read. A manner of trace. This footpath, garners. Pints. Take up. Gathers: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta. Epsilon. But, the clouds. A p...
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the small press action network - ottawa (span-o) and The Ottawa Art Gallery Present : The Factory Reading Series Thursday, July 6th, 7pm Ste...
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rob mclennan's blog: Sandra Ridley, Vixen
Clover and laurel and thistle velvet and sumac muskroot and sundew and baneberry crocus and cherrychoke eyebright and bindweed moonsee...
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founded July 1993 : Ottawa-based poetry chapbook, journal + broadside publisher; edited/published/folded/stapled/enveloped + carried around in bags by rob...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2020/05/joanna-novak-abeyance-north-america.html
rob mclennan's blog: JoAnna Novak, Abeyance, North America
So loneliness is not emptiness, not an ambushed field, not Cistercian, not clois...
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rob mclennan's blog: Amelia Martens, The Spoons in the Grass are There to Dig a Moat
THE APOLOGY And the apology I made for you came from a willow tree. From a lemon. From some mud I found in the living room. Our d...
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https://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2013/06/poem-broadside-319-conditions-of.html
above/ground press: “poem” broadside #319: Conditions of the shudder, by rob mclennan
1. Bent over, everything. The reasons for the words were plenty, numerous and latent. 2. Don’t forget to vote. Black ants trickle in, ...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2011/09/eleven-eleven-journal-of-literature-and.html
rob mclennan's blog: Eleven Eleven: A Journal of Literature and Art, issue 11
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2020/08/essays-in-face-of-uncertainties_21.html
rob mclennan's blog: essays in the face of uncertainties
How does one mourn in the midst of a crisis? My father, who succumbed to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on May 1, some fifteen months aft...
rob mclennanin theblogessaysface
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2020/03/biswamit-dwibedy-hubble-gardener.html
rob mclennan's blog: Biswamit Dwibedy, Hubble Gardener
OPERETTA Here buried an operetta as our being together brought out by chance On a complicated dawn chromatic values th...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/03/jake-byrne-daddy-poems.html
rob mclennan's blog: Jake Byrne, Daddy: Poems
But I do try. I try so hard. That’s why I bus to see my therapist mid-winter. I am seeking his assistance with a complex project. (“PA...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2013/11/six-questions-for-rob-mclennan-on.html
rob mclennan's blog: "Six Questions For..." rob mclennan on above/ground press
I responded to Jim Harrington's interview series, "Six Questions For...," on above/ground press , in which I discuss what annoys me someti...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2010/07/12-or-20-questions-with-nikki-reimer.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: 12 or 20 questions: with Nikki Reimer
Nikki Reimer is a p oet, blogger, curator, arts event planner and artist . Author of [ sic ] ( Frontenac House , 2010) and the chapbo...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2017/02/12-or-20-small-press-questions-with.html
rob mclennan's blog: 12 or 20 (small press) questions with Kyle Flemmer on The Blasted Tree...
Kyle Flemmer is an author, editor, and publisher from Calgary, Canada. He graduated from Concordia University in Montreal with a double-m...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2018/05/12-or-20-second-series-questions-with_26.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: 12 or 20 (second series) questions with Josh Fomon
Originally from Iowa City, Josh Fomon is a political operative in Seattle. His book, Though we bled meticulously was published by ...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2020/06/12-or-20-second-series-questions-with_6.html
rob mclennan's blog: 12 or 20 (second series) questions with Nishat Ahmed
Nishat Ahmed is a Bangladeshi-American residing in the Midwest. He’s an Illinois native with a deep love for Fall Out Boy, The Notebo...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2024/04/spotlight-series-96-monica-mody.html?m=1
rob mclennan's blog: Spotlight series #96 : Monica Mody
The ninety-sixth in my monthly "spotlight" series, each featuring a different poet with a short statement and a new poem or two, is now on...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2005/02/relit-award-longlist-announced.html?m=0
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ReLit Award Longlist Announced apparently my poetry collection what's left (2004, Talonbooks ) is on the longlist for the annual ReLit Awar...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2013/12/dj-dolack-whittling-new-face-in-dark.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: DJ Dolack, Whittling a New Face in the Dark
If you’d like to play prison, I’ll go out for milk. You set the table for the sum of who you think we should have been by now...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2024/04/sarah-burgoyne-vi-khi-nao-mechanophilia.html
rob mclennan's blog: Sarah Burgoyne & Vi Khi Nao, Mechanophilia, Book 1
0 of two or three square miles 9 of tears striates across a river rewritten by a 7 city shape. A foolish p...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-short-interview-with-mark-goldstein.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: "A short interview with Mark Goldstein," Jacket2
My 18th 'commentary,' "A short interview with Mark Goldstein," is now online at Jacket2 .
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2009/06/12-or-20-questions-with-tim-conley.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: 12 or 20 questions: with Tim Conley
Tim Conley is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Brock University. His essays, fiction, poetry, and reviews have a...
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https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/rob-mclennan-yield-by-jaime-forsythe.html
periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics: rob mclennan : Yield, by Jaime Forsythe
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2020/11/gina-myers-some-of-times.html
rob mclennan's blog: Gina Myers, Some of the Times
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/03/versefest-begins-tomorrow-interviews-w.html
rob mclennan's blog: VERSeFest begins tomorrow! & interviews w Dial, Avasilichioaei, Weaver,...
We already know you're excited about the fifteenth anniversary edition of VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival, which begins to...
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https://www.theblastedtree.com/canadian-poem
Canadian Poem - rob mclennan — The Blasted Tree
Canadian Poem by rob mclennan, The Blasted Tree Publishing Company, poetry booklet, poem, Canada, Canadian
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2021/03/12-or-20-second-series-questions-with_8.html
rob mclennan's blog: 12 or 20 (second series) questions with Nathanael O’Reilly
Nathanael O’Reilly is an Irish-Australian poet. He is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Texas at Arlington. His ...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-or-20-second-series-questions-with_18.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: 12 or 20 (second series) questions with Nicholas Bradley
Nicholas Bradley is a poet, literary critic, and scholarly editor. His first book of poems, Rain Shadow , was published in the sprin...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2021/05/amorak-huey-dad-jokes-from-late-in.html
rob mclennan's blog: Amorak Huey, Dad Jokes From Late in the Patriarchy
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2012/10/fwd-capilano-reviews-micro-narrative.html
rob mclennan's blog: fwd: The Capilano Review's micro narrative contest
We seek narrative sequences of three parts for our Winter 2013 special issue on innovative narrative. Each part should contain no more tha...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2017/03/12-or-20-second-series-questions-with_20.html
rob mclennan's blog: 12 or 20 (second series) questions with Daniela Olszewska
Daniela Olszewska [photo credit: R. Scott Pfledderer] is the author of three full-length collections of poetry: cloudfang : : cakedi...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2024/07/michael-boughn-measures-measures-poetry.html
rob mclennan's blog: Michael Boughn, Measure’s Measures: Poetry & Knowledge
The word “poetics” has been around for a while, though its meaning changes. Aristotle’s Poetics was primarily a set of gen...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/08/ongoing-notes-early-august-2025-peter.html?m=1
rob mclennan's blog: Ongoing notes: early August, 2025: Peter Van Toorn + david hadbawnik,
Hey! Are you following the above/ground press substack? Lots of new stuff over there. Montreal QC: I was curious to see a new chapbook ...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2012/02/fourth-issue-of-17-seconds-journal-of.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: the fourth issue of 17 seconds, ( : a journal of poetry and poetics ) is now...
Fourth Issue: Winter 2012 Gary Barwin - PLETE PLETE ME: A FEW THOGHT ON THUGHTS Camille Martin - from "Blueshift Road" Marcus McCann - ...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2012/08/call-for-submissions-summer-sport.html
rob mclennan's blog: call for submissions: Summer Sport Poetry Competition: deadline, September 10,...
Go for poetic gold! Pick any summer sport, any style, any form. Bring your competitive spirit. Established poets and first-time participan...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2020/08/essays-in-face-of-uncertainties_30.html
rob mclennan's blog: essays in the face of uncertainties
On May 8, someone on twitter asks: Why is it snowing? The following day, the same question. Today is colder than yesterday. The sky is...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2016/01/sunrise-with-sea-monsters-rob-mclennan.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: Sunrise with Sea Monsters : rob mclennan (poem)
I've a new poem posted as part of Paul Vermeersch's latest project, "Sunrise with Sea Monsters."
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2019/01/ali-znaidi-reviews-perimeter-2016-in.html
rob mclennan's blog: Ali Znaidi reviews A perimeter (2016) in Empty Mirror
Poet and translator Ali Znaidi was good enough to provide a lengthy review of my poetry title, A perimeter (New Star Books, 2016), via Em...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2017/11/marie-buck-goodnight-marie-may-god-have.html?m=1
rob mclennan's blog: Marie Buck, Goodnight, Marie, May God Have Mercy on Your Soul
13 Once I was at an ice-skating birthday party. It was the first time I had ever ice-skated. I felt joyous but wrong. I w...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2013/05/golden-handcuffs-review-volume-1-no-16.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: Golden Handcuffs Review: Volume 1, No. 16 (Spring-Summer, 2013)
David Antin and the word seedy David and I were hired in 1968 for the first faculty of the art department of the University of Cali...
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2020/05/david-donnell-october-13-1938-may-23.html
rob mclennan's blog: David Donnell (October 13, 1938-May 23, 2020)
It was sad to hear, through Toronto poet Heather Cadsby’s Facebook feed yesterday, that Toronto poet and fiction writer David Donnell h...
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rob mclennan Reviews Chambersonic » News » Talonbooks
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https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2017/11/happy-fourth-birthday-rose.html?m=0
rob mclennan's blog: Happy (fourth) Birthday, Rose!
Our Rose is now four years old, if you can believe it [ do you remember that time she got borned? ]. Given our basement chaos [ see my not...
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